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...
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...
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...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 39
A Dorchester, Massachusetts woman faces up to a year in prison and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges related to offering unlicensed lip and buttock augmentation injections using Colombian massage oil.
