Are patients skipping needed appointments? A research letter titled “Trends in Outpatient Care Delivery and Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.,” published in November by JAMA Internal Medicine, hints that this may be the case.
Eighty-six percent of providers reported having positive experiences using telehealth, according to a survey conducted by healthcare software company CoverMyMeds.
Expect emergency preparedness and infection control to remain front and center during accreditation and compliance surveys for the immediate future as 2021 starts much the way most of 2020 played out–with all hospital operations centered around a pandemic that ebbs and surges and a political...
Performing credentialing process audits is similar to conducting patient record audits in that it is usually more productive to audit specific aspects of the process to answer specific questions. This is as opposed to attempting to audit an entire credentials file to address every possible...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 2
Processing a practitioner’s reapplication for membership and privileges takes input, collaboration, and decision-making from several entities. Throughout the process, your organization must ensure that it addresses the many details of the process and that each stakeholder bears the appropriate...
Physician assistant (PA) is the best job in healthcare and best overall job, according to rankings from U.S. News & World Report. The highest paid 25% in the profession reported earnings of almost $131,000 while the lowest paid 25% reported earnings of nearly $93,000. The median salary for...
