A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that physicians spend twice as much time on electronic health records (EHR) and desk work than in direct clinical facetime with patients. Researchers came to this conclusion after observing 57 physicians in four specialties...
A regular review of your medical staff bylaws not only ensures you are compliant with accreditors' and regulators' standards, but also verifies that the current actions of your medical staff members do not conflict with what is written in your bylaws.
The benefits of a criteria-based core privileging system need to be emphasized and demonstrated from the start. It is absolutely essential to be able to quantify the benefits that your organization would gain by transitioning from the current privileging system to a criteria-based core...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 9
On July 25, the public comment period closed on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) proposal to grant full practice authority to advanced practice registered nurses (APRN). The regulation, which would allow APRNs to independently assess, diagnose, prescribe medications, and interpret...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 9
The latest addition to St. Jude Medical Center's psychiatry department isn't your run-of-the-mill medical staff recruit. Standing four feet tall atop a pair of razor-thin wheels, VGo is a remote-controlled telemedicine robot that has played the middleman between patients in the Fullerton,...
