Premier Healthcare Alliance's data- and practice-sharing project, Quest, has saved 92,000 lives and $9.1 billion since 2007 through significant reductions in cost, mortality, and infections, the group says. Click on the link above to read more.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 12
A searchable online database of federal safety rule violations at U.S. hospitals has been launched by CMS. It is available to healthcare providers, payers, and patients. Click on the link above to read more.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 12
By holding group appointments with patients with similar medical concerns, physicians can increase availability and improve health outcomes, which should go a long way in helping to alleviate the looming physician shortage. Click the link above to read more.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 12
Oregon governor John Kitzhaber signed a bill on March 18 that creates a new process that allows patients, healthcare providers, and physicians to enter into a confidential mediation to mediate disputes over medical errors. Click on the link above to read more.
