Jul 12, 2018, 15:26 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

File and folder organization can hinder or help efficiency depending on how an organization sets up their naming conventions. Commonly an organization will assign files to a user: thus implying files should be stored within a user’s folder.

Jul 10, 2018, 12:20 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Ann Klinger began her career in medical staff services in 1998 at Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro, Oregon. Prior to entering the world of medical staff services, Ann worked within the hospital with an IPA.

Jul 10, 2018, 10:44 AM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

A standard master provider ID across the system ensures that applications that share data will always update information as desired. As applications merge and change, industry standards change, and technology changes, it is easy to see how the master provider identification can become misaligned.

Jul 9, 2018, 10:44 AM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Advances in applications, technology and industry, provide more usage of automation tools. Impediments to taking advantage of these features occur when the data stored in the application includes multiple variations.

Jul 5, 2018, 17:43 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

In order for databases to run at optimal performance standards, the system must have adequate space available for software being employed. Having unnecessary files or bloated files will slow down the system’s speed and ability to perform routine tasks.

Jul 4, 2018, 15:26 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Record types are commonly used by a system to categorize data within an area. When large quantities of record types occur; data entry, managing and reporting becomes very cumbersome.

Jul 3, 2018, 12:40 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Having an accurate Master Provider Database is essential for any healthcare organization. Over time it is easy to see how duplicate provider information occurs.

Jul 2, 2018, 13:35 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Duplication within large master reference tables can translate very quickly into data duplication with data containing the same information but with subtle but impactful discrepancies.

Jun 29, 2018, 17:25 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

A panel of healthcare executives recently estimated that forty percent of the national healthcare spend is a waste. This amounts to 1.3 trillion dollars of waste every year. For anyone who has spent a few years working in hospitals, this will come as no surprise.

Jun 22, 2018, 01:30 AM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

How one organization decreased excessive write-offs and optimized revenue cycle management with one robust solution.

Jun 21, 2018, 16:36 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Have you ever asked your credentialing office for an updated provider roster? The request is not as simple as it sounds. Learn more about our best practices in our white paper.

Jun 19, 2018, 12:22 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

One of the changes that I see coming is centralization of the decision-making process in health systems. What does this mean? In some organizations, the support for the decision-making process for credentialing/privileging (typically a department chair, the credentials committee, the medical executive committee and the board) is being centralized, rather than being supported by a medical staff office at each facility.

Jun 6, 2018, 08:14 AM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

In the 2017 Annual Report on Medical Staff Credentialing, 90.5% of you indicated that data management is an initiative that is extremely or very important, and 72.9% of you have fully or partially implemented a single, master provider database for your enterprise that is the single source of truth for provider data.

May 17, 2018, 14:09 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Carefully selected metrics for your organization’s onboarding provider dashboard can improve workflow efficiencies, give insight into data, and improve reimbursements.

May 10, 2018, 07:58 AM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Systems for defining and granting clinical privileges are essential for ensuring patient safety and improving outcomes. MPS is the most updated tool for organizations to use if they want to use a first class privileging system.

May 10, 2018, 07:56 AM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Switching to the cloud can help organizations in more ways than one. Improved security capability, the ability to quickly meet business demands, and improving service levels and disaster recovery are all benefits that come from being in a cloud environment.

May 8, 2018, 11:22 AM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

At a time when organizations are merging their systems and procedures, provider database standardization is more important than ever to ensure data integrity and reimbursement.

May 2, 2018, 12:02 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

The credentialing process has been around for decades, but is continuously changing. This annual report shows how the process has changed and what the credentialing process needs to continue to evolve.

Apr 30, 2018, 14:37 PM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Standardizing and automating your organization’s onboarding processes can save time and money by accelerating reimbursements and narrowing the timeframe it takes to onboard a practitioner.

Apr 25, 2018, 08:01 AM by System.Collections.Generic.List`1[Telerik.Sitefinity.Model.IDataItem]

Discover how VerityStream keeps up with the State of the Industry in credentialing, enrollment and privileging.