One of the biggest challenges facing hospital medical staffs today is obtaining sufficient information to accurately document practitioner competency. It is easy to confirm that a practitioner held a medical staff appointment at a healthcare facility and whether he or she was subject to any...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the medical credentialing process is incredibly long and bureaucratic, with massive amounts of repetitive paperwork going to several different agencies with different methodologies, each laboring under the impression that their means of operation is...
Hospitals and medical clinics are unique given the amount of personal information stored in their databanks. Despite the many technological safeguards put into place to protect patient information from getting into the wrong hands, a mistake as trivial as password sharing could still be...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 1
Handling requests for information from law enforcement can throw staff for a loop. Most staff are aware of their organization’s policies and the basic Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements for disclosing patient information to family members, friends, and other...
