While communication is extremely important in every healthcare environment, the Emergency Room stands out as one where communication success is critical, especially when saving lives can be a matter of quick decisions and responses within minutes or hours.
Learn how the cost of hospital readmissions by definition is enormous and Medicare & CMS is working to reduce this amount, from HealthStream.
HealthStream covers why it is an important that health care staff and credentialing professionals learn about establishing requirements for basic life support.
Staffing levels are one of the most important determinants of whether a long-term care facility is providing adequate care. However, many nursing homes have employee coverage issues and are failing the meet the CMS requirement “that a registered nurse be on-site at least eight hours every day.”
Given the multiple tracks that healthcare can take, from inpatient to outpatient and even to community settings, there is a need for care coordination and management of the transition between providers and all settings of care. Nurses are often at the heart of this effort.
Unlock the benefits of Restorative Healthcare. Learn about its methodologies, impact on patient recovery, and how to implement it in your healthcare practice
Systems-based Practice in Nursing involves approaching patient care from a wider perspective. In this practice practitioners demonstrate awareness of the larger context and system of healthcare and can access resources throughout the system to ensure optimal outcomes.
Patient Compliance involves following the recommendations of healthcare professionals in such areas as medication treatment, therapy, diagnostic tests, and lifestyle changes. Learn why noncompliance is common and what to do about it.
The pandemic has, in some cases, slowed the pace of healthcare regulation implementation and enforcement, but new regulatory issues continue to emerge. Key initiatives will likely find new implementation dates in 2021.
When the need to upgrade credentialing and privileging processes and grow a true CVO arose, the organization understood evaluating and pursuing new technology would be key to this transformation.
Guidelines and recommendations on what to provide, verify, and perhaps omit when it comes to provider affiliation verifications. More isn't always best.
Moving quickly from a paper system to an electronic one while meeting regulation and compliance needs? CredentialStream meets and exceeds the credentialing needs, with a privileging and enrollment forms library as the cherry on top!
When Ideal Option's previous credentialing solution couldn't handle their expanding needs, CredentialStream proved the ideal solution with a smooth implementation process.
CVO leaders want to understand how their organizations compare to others in the industry. Metrics and benchmarks are best analyzed with the understanding that there are many variables that impact the results. Here are some examples.
CredentialStream enabled St. Peter's Health to streamline their privileging processes as well as accelerate the application process and onboard new physicians faster.
A rapid growth spike and a need to streamline privileges encouraged Vera Whole Health to seek out a new credentialing solution.
Understand the importance and content of privilege forms as well as best practices related to organization and maintenance.
For Medical Services Professionals (MSPs) who are new to the profession or even seasoned MSPs who are not regularly involved in privileging processes and are interested in a brief refresher, the following blog post details some privileging basics.
An excellent approach to clinical privileging is one of the most critical components of your organization’s quality program. But privileging can be challenging at a busy ambulatory surgical center like yours. Here is what you need to know:
As credentials verification matures, the CVO function will undoubtedly change. Electronic processing will accelerate, by necessity. What does that mean for changing how the CVO does things?
