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What Is Provider Credentialing?

MedTrainer

Provider credentialing is a systematic process used by healthcare organizations to verify and evaluate the qualifications, competence, and professional background of healthcare providers. Here’s a closer look at provider credentialing: how it works, why it’s important, and how organizations can build strong processes around it.

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It’s Time to Give Patients “Admin Access” to Manage Their Healthcare

HIT Consultant

This in turn lets staff take a backseat with regard to monotonous engagement tasks like playing phone tag (so they can instead focus on the direct patient interactions that matter most). Even the most advanced portals often have complex user interfaces and still require login credentials.

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Top Security Certifications Required for Data Protection

HIT Consultant

A lack of regulatory compliance, network and technical vulnerabilities, unencrypted information, unsecured mobile devices, and weak credentials all play a part in putting a healthcare organization at risk for a data breach. Today, the cost of a data breach comes with a hefty price tag – an average of $9.44 million in the U.S.

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IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022 Comes to Shocking Conclusion

Compliancy Group

For the 12th consecutive year, healthcare breaches had the highest price tag. While the most common type of incident resulted from stolen login credentials, accounting for 19% of incidents and costing an average of $4.5 Each year IBM works with Ponemon Institute to research breaches across several sectors of the economy.

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

Blockchain is proving to be a sound, effective use-case for keeping provider directories and credentialing up-to-date. IBM is building a Health Utility Network which includes Aetna and Anthem, among other partners, to use for credentialing, claims processing, and other services.

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Mobile patient communication and telehealth tool helps transform Indiana Hernia Center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

My staff knows to tag me in any questions that are outside the norm so the answer comes from me. Klara delivers a mobile-friendly registration package that allows the patient to upload their credentials, insurance, medical history and, often, a picture of the hernia within about five minutes from start to finish.

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