Supporting Safer Healthcare

On Tuesday, January 31 the American Telemedicine Association will host an important Capitol Hill briefing entitled, “Physician Licensure Barriers to 21st Century Healthcare.”  This public briefing is designed to inform Congressional offices, national organizations and other key stakeholders about how the current U.S. state-based systems to license and regulate physicians unduly restrict quality modern healthcare. [...]

Proposed change to hospital Conditions of Participation regarding credentialing telemedicine providers published in today’s Federal Register. Federal Register – May 26, 2010, CMS In a move that is no doubt welcomed by every medical services professional around the country, as well as every credentials committee and telemedicine group, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) [...]