Following a data breach in August in which Chinese hackers stole 4.5 million patient records, Community Health Systems (CHS) now faces a class action lawsuit brought by one of those patients
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 42
“Like good police work, good medicine depends on deliberate, inefficient, plodding, expensive repetition. No system of data management will ever replace it.”
- Abigail Zuger, MD, discusses the disadvantages of relying on electronic medical records in a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 42
With a second healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas testing positive for Ebola, I’m sure you’ve been thinking about the preparedness of your own facilities to handle a possible case. The CDC recently announced several...
Not sure how to organize and present all your OPPE data? Just open your toolbox—the OPPE Toolbox, that is. Get the tools you need in The OPPE Toolbox: Field-Tested Documents for Credentialing, Competency, and Compliance. This vital new addition to the HCPro library...
Are physicians less well trained as a result of work-hour reforms that cap residents’ work hours at 80 hours per week? An article in the October issue of HealthAffairs suggests duty-hour limits haven’t adversely affected hospital mortality and length-of-stay. Authors Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD...
I’ve been poring over my notes from the 2014 NAMSS Educational Conference and Exhibition, and discovered a quote from Hugh Greeley’s Tuesday presentation, “This is What We Live For: Effectively Dealing with Our Most Complex Applicants and Re-Applicants,” that stands out. Describing the MSPs...
