Families may decide to use a retail-based health clinic because they believe it is convenient and less expensive, but according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), these clinics do not provide children with the high-quality, regular preventive healthcare children need. In an updated...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 9
Medical homes take a team approach to care, with the help of everyone from nurses to front desk staff focusing on preventing and managing chronic disease. The goal is to avoid costly and preventable complications. However, a three-year pilot study of medical home practices in Pennsylvania found...
Cultivating influence means doing so well with what we actually control that we are able to influence things in which we have an interest but do not control.
A tremendous amount of information and work product moves through the MSSD on a daily basis. Numerous interactions with “customers” provide a ripe environment to be exposed to the negativity virus. This virus appears to be airborne, meaning it is unnecessary for contamination to occur by direct...
Scribes or clinical information managers (CIM) provide assistance with provider documentation while increasing physician and practitioner satisfaction and improving productivity. Scribes are trained to provide real-time, point-of-care documentation whereby the scribe is physically present in the...
Patient Safety Organization (PSO) involvement is producing direct benefits for members, according to Rory Jaffe, MD, MBA, of the California Hospital Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO) in Sacramento.
