Heather Frazzetto, CPMSM, had a front-row seat to the radical changes in healthcare since the emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020. Along the way, the industry learned many lessons. For instance, remote work works.
Medical staff and hospital leaders often find it difficult to track and trend behavior problems because medical staff members are reluctant to report improper conduct for fear of retribution. To encourage reporting, reporting systems must respect and protect staff members who disclose other...
Depending on the scope of a centralized verification organization’s (CVO) responsibilities and its delegation agreements, various models and organizational structures can be employed to carry out its functions. The size of the organization and the geographic location of its contracted facilities...
The Joint Commission (TJC) has published a list of the most frequently cited elements of performance (EP) from surveys conducted during 2021 to help healthcare organizations proactively address similar issues at their own facilities.
Physicians say they are most concerned about the public’s access to healthcare, according to a new Medscape report. Based on survey responses from more than 2,300 physicians in 29 specialties about the most important social issues, healthcare access was ranked the highest at 85%.
More than half (56.1%) of 2021 MSP Salary Survey respondents supervise others, an increase from 51.2% in 2020 and closer to the 56.5% in 2018. And supervisors’ teams are growing: Like their 2020 counterparts, 2021 respondents are likeliest to oversee three to four full-time equivalent (FTE)...