Most facilities authorize and assess competency for audiologists through the human resource process rather than credential and privilege them through the medical staff. The Joint Commission standards identify a specific group of nonphysician healthcare professionals (i.e., physician...
More than 90% of nurses and physicians got their shots last season, according to the U.S. Centers for Diesease Control and Prevention (CDC). In a report in last week’s issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC stated that more than 75% of all healthcare workers reported...
California Governor Jerry Brown last week signed a bill to make it easier for rural patients to utilize telehealth technology. Assembly Bill 809 changes the consent rules around use of telehealth, allowing providers to secure consent the first time patients use the technology, and removes the...
Employed physicians—now comprising 59% of all U.S. physicians—have their own set of personal financial challenges, in part due to their employment status. In a report released earlier this week, AMA Insurance, a subsidiary of the AMA, offered the findings of a survey conducted in May to...
Mark your calendars for March 12-13, 2015, for the return of the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium! The event will take place at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. We have a great group of speakers lined up: Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS; Hugh...
It’s common for patients to come into a hospital with injuries, but too often they’re the ones inflicting injury on nurses, technicians, and security guards, according to a new study by researchers with Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, published in the Journal of...
