A study from Columbia University School of Nursing, published in the Journal of Professional Nursing, suggests that opportunities for nurse practitioners (NP) might be impeded by the organization and culture in healthcare settings, and state laws expanding scope of practice therefore...
The first story in this week’s pick of the news highlights the importance of organizational culture in determining nurse practitioners’ roles in patient care. It also says something about the limits of legislative solutions. The study surveyed NPs in Massachusetts, which has laws in place...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 3
This headline on a recent blog post caught my eye. Briefly, the blog referred to a recent study in Medical Education that sought to find out whether medical student behavior, as seen on social media,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 3
Should clinicians ever search online for information on a patient—even if the intent is to provide better care—or does HIPAA prohibit such actions? Medical associations and similar groups have developed guidelines about the appropriate use of social media, and many HIPAA-covered entities have...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 3
Health systems that participate in New York’s plan to distribute medical marijuana could run afoul of federal laws, jeopardizing their government funding, according to advocates in that state. Hospitals in other states where medical pot is legal have steered clear of distributing the drug for...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 3
Some medical school administrators and policymakers see three-year programs as a way to produce physicians, particularly primary-care physicians (PCP), faster as the new healthcare law funnels millions of previously uninsured patients into the medical system. A three-year plan could also...
