The National Practitioner Data Bank is in the process of revising its NPDB Guidebook for the first time since 2001. A lot has happened in 13 years in the world of healthcare and regulation, to say the least, so an update is necessary. What’s interesting is the way Health Resources and...
Nurse practitioners (NP) would be allowed to treat patients and prescribe medications independently under a proposal by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration, a potentially significant change in the medical landscape aimed at expanding access to primary care. The ability of NPs to work...
The Joint Commission is developing an optional certification program for accredited organizations that will focus on essential, high-value requirements for mothers and newborns who have been assessed as clinically uncomplicated. The Perinatal Care certification will evaluate an organization’s...
The majority of osteopathic medical students and recent graduates matched into primary care residency programs, according to new data released by the National Matching Services, Inc., about the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) match. Among primary care specialties, family medicine is the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 7
Last week’s news included a report that the television show House had helped hospitals in Germany diagnose cobalt intoxication in a patient. I don’t know how many Medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 7
The largest of 26 coalitions participating in the $218 million, federally funded Hospital Engagement Networks (HEN) program claims it has prevented 69,000 patients from hospital-caused complications at 1,600 hospitals in its first two years compared to rates from the recent past. Hospitals...
