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For an access professional who doesn't mind packing for extended stays and spending a lot of time in airports, there could be a lucrative job waiting in the consulting field.
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More than 90 health care organizations have come together to develop and implement operating rules for electronically exchanging eligibility and benefits information to make it easier for physicians and other health professionals to verify patient insurance information.
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A former employee of the Cleveland Clinic and Health Management Associates and her cousin have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami on charges of identity theft, ...
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Basic principles need to be incorporated in all rules, regulations, or laws pertaining to personal health information (PHI) if it is expected to flow across organizational boundaries ...
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The world of a prisoner in a correctional institution is all about control, or the lack of it. The time you wake up, when you eat, where you go, whom you speak to all is controlled by officers.
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While IRBS wait to learn the final outcome of the federal government's review of regulations for research involving prisoners, there are steps they can take right now to improve the review of these types of studies, say experts in the field.
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Every research institution wants to know that its participants have made a fully informed, unpressured decision to enroll in research. But, often, that basic question is hard to determine.
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When IRBs review protocols involving social-behavioral research, it's a good idea to define what IRB members believe are reasonable protections.
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Experts say there may be some opportunities missed in research with pregnant women. Despite some concerted government efforts that have succeeded in increasing research in this area, major industry sponsors shy away from this population.
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Quality professionals at many organizations soon will be collecting additional data, as a result of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) final rule on the inpatient prospective payment system.
