Adoption of basic electronic health record (EHR) systems by office-based physicians increased 21% from 2012 to 2013, according to an issue brief from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year, 48.1% of physicians had...
New expert guidance from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, published online last week in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, could make the white coat a relic. The recommendations suggest that physicians ditch traditional white coats, which could...
Telemedicine is just beginning to carve out a niche in intensive care. The evolution of tele-ICU programs is detailed in a report from the New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI), a health policy group that promotes the expansion of telemedicine. The report notes that, as of late 2012, there...
A bipartisan group of 16 U.S. Senators has publicly commended state medical boards and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) for their recent efforts to streamline the licensing process for physicians who wish to practice in multiple states, thus helping facilitate the use of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 4
Legislation that would allow physicians to apologize for bad treatment outcomes—without those apologies being used against them in malpractice lawsuits—is again under consideration in Rhode Island. The bill wouldn't stop malpractice suits, but would make apologies inadmissible in lawsuits. The...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 4
Canada ranks last among 11 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries in a new survey in terms of how quickly people can get an appointment to see their regular family physicians. The survey, titled “Where You Live Matters: Canadian views on healthcare quality,” was...
