Artificial intelligence (AI) may hold the key to further advancements in healthcare. For example, AI tools such as note-taking and scan-reading programs have allowed physicians to spend more time with patients and thus foster stronger connections with them. Furthermore, these AI developments have demonstrated the potential to increase productivity, efficiency, and even accuracy when utilized appropriately. Topol suggests that physician burnout may even decrease as a result.

A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint Commission, which argues the researchers reached faulty conclusions due to a number of methodological flaws.

Telemedicine providers communicate with patients or other caregivers via electronic communications. They will remotely review medical records, render a diagnosis, provide radiologic interpretation, or prescribe treatment, all without ever stepping foot inside the hospital. Because a telemedicine provider does not have direct physical contact with the patient, certain requirements relevant to a bedside clinician may not be applicable. As a result, telemedicine agreements sometimes create special circumstances that derail normal credentialing procedures.

The Credentialing Resource Center team would like to thank everyone who made the 2019 CRC Symposium a resounding success. Click here to access our photo gallery featuring snapshots from educational sessions captured during the three-day training extravaganza in Las Vegas.

All healthcare organizations must comply with multiple regulatory and accreditation standards, but making sense of all those requirements is easier said than done. During this 90-minute webinar, expert speaker Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, will break down the credentialing standards of the five accrediting bodies (CMS, The Joint Commission [TJC], the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program [HFAP], DNV GL, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance [NCQA]), identify their similarities and differences, and explain how the four-step credentialing approach applies to each agency. For more information, click here.