A recent survey of 49,000 adults across the country conducted by the Ponemon Institute found that incidents of medical identity theft increased by nearly 22% in 2014 from the previous year.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 8
Contradicting a long-held belief that patients rate their care higher if it’s provided in nicer facilities, a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that clinical care assessments did not improve with...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 8
"It doesn't matter whether your organization is negotiating a hostage situation or trying to salvage your biggest account; a wise leader will be present and involved."
- Bernard Marr, a performance management expert, discusses the qualities of a successful leader in an article on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 8
HCPro is working on a new book about focused professional practice evaluations (FPPE) and we’d like you to be a part of it. Our goal for this book is to feature the policies, dashboards, indicator lists, and other forms your organization uses to conduct FPPE....
Patients often go online to find diagnoses, drug information, and details about their physicians. But do professional standards prevent physicians from doing the same to patients? Sometimes, the practice is acceptable—most other times, it isn’t, according to the authors of a paper in the...
State healthcare profession regulatory boards and agencies are now required to submit an attestation for all of the health professions they regulate, the Health Resouces and Services Administration (HRSA) reported earlier this month. Prior to January 26, only professions that were not part...
