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Green named CEO of URAC
By Maureen McKinney | May 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
URAC, a Washington-based healthcare measurement and accreditation organization, has named Kylanne Green president and CEO, effective July 22. Green succeeds Alan Spielman, who left his post Feb. 15 after serving as president and CEO since 2005.
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Med schools on pace with enrollment target: AAMC
By Rachel Landen | May 03, 2013
As the U.S. faces a shortage of physicians—potentially more than 90,000 by 2020—medical schools are seeking to counteract the deficiency with higher enrollments.
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Joint Commission warns about dangers from alarm fatigue
By Maureen McKinney | April 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The nation's largest hospital accreditation organization has issued a warning to hospitals about the dangers of alarm fatigue, which can occur when clinicians become desensitized to the incessant beeping of medical device alarms.
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Studies raise questions about limiting intern hours
By Andis Robeznieks | March 25, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Limiting first-year medical residents to a 16-hour work shift was intended to improve patient safety while enhancing the educational experience, but two studies suggest the opposite may be occurring.
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Beyond primary care | NCQA extending medical home recognition
By Maureen McKinney | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Specialists and medical societies are cheering the launch of a medical-home-type recognition program for specialty practices, an option they say will extend the emphasis on care coordination outside of primary care and ease communication among providers.
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Program hailed for curbing disparities, improving outcomes
By Maureen McKinney | March 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Participants are praising a National Cancer Institute-funded initiative's impact on disparities and outcomes.
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Osteopaths make headway in conventional medicine
By Washington Post | March 12, 2013
Since 1985, residency programs have had the option to be dual-accredited by both M.D. and D.O. organizations. In 2015, all D.O. and M.D. programs will be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, eliminating any legal or licensing distinction between the two.
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Joint Commission to certify hospitals as primary-care medical homes
By Andis Robeznieks | February 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Joint Commission-accredited acute-care and critical-care hospitals whose ambulatory-care offerings include primary-care services can now receive additional certification as a primary-care medical home.
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No surprises in final essential-benefits rule
By Jessica Zigmond | February 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HHS on Wednesday released a final regulation on the health reform law's essential health benefits, actuarial value and accreditation provisions that closely follows the department's proposed rule from last November.
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Children's hospital becomes sixth ACO accredited by NCQA
By Rachel Landen | February 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is the first children's hospital to earn the National Committee for Quality Assurance's accreditation as an accountable care organization.
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