The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) National Practitioner Data Bank will replace the Interface Control Document Transfer Program (ITP) with the Querying and Reporting XML Service (QRXS) on July 31, 2014. Users who currently query or report through the Data Bank website or...
Massachusetts’ largest nurses union will ask voters to do what the State Legislature has refused to do: establish statewide limits on the number of hospital patients assigned to each nurse. The Massachusetts Nurses Association launched a Facebook campaign earlier this week and an Internet...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced its initial approval of the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) as a national accrediting organization for acute care hospitals that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. CIHQ focuses...
There’s a new accreditation option on the block. Late last week, CMS approved the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) as an accreditation organization for acute care hospitals. CIHQ accreditation will closely follow CMS’ Conditions of Participation, with additional quality...
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) last week posted new frequently asked questions and updated key dates for Phase 1 Specialties in its Next Accreditation System, an outcomes-based accreditation process that measures physician competency in performing essential...
Last month, more than 3,400 jobs for healthcare professionals in the U.S. included requirements for robotics skills and experience, WANTED Analytics has announced. The number of healthcare-related jobs requiring robotics grew 32% year-over-year when compared to June 2012 and 375% in the past...
