A guide released by the Equity of Care initiative and the American Hospital Association's Hospitals (AHA) in Pursuit of Excellence outlines the steps necessary for an organization to become a "culturally competent" hospital. Cultural competence—the ability to provide care to patients with...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 26
New Joint Commission requirements and revisions address leadership accountability for hospitalwide emergency management in hospitals and critical access hospitals. The prepublication requirements and revisions, announced earlier this week, provide a clearer description of leadership-level...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 26
Teaching hospitals with a higher intensity of physician-training activity achieve lower mortality rates, but higher hospitalization readmission rates for key medical diagnoses, according to a study in the July issue of Medical Care. The disparity in readmissions is greatest for “safety-...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 26
Spanish surgeons put "augmented reality" technology to the test last week in Madrid, where a chondrocyte transplant operation was carried out using Google Glass to allow experts in the U.S. to live-consult the procedure in real-time, streaming on the Internet. A 49-year-old man underwent the...
A survey by Monster.com found that healthcare professionals as a group are the third most satisfied with all aspects of their job, trailing only engineering and finance employees. Registered nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists are currently the top three occupations in...
For healthcare providers looking to ensure the security of electronic patient information, it's just as important to solidify employee knowledge as it is to encrypt data and implement improved IT solutions, says Lee Kim, an attorney with Pittsburgh-based firm Tucker Arensberg who also serves as...
