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Inflationary pressures dominate the economic outlook for 2022 due to labor shortages, supply chain backlogs stemming from the pandemic, and continued disruptions of food, energy, and other materials caused by the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Ambulatory healthcare services describe any healthcare service that does not require a hospital stay. Ambulatory services may include rehab, diagnostic tests, and surgical procedures. Medical professionals may provide these services in a hospital outpatient center or an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). 

Patient trust is one of the end goals of the credentialing process and plays a significant role in the reputation of your healthcare facility. We cannot overstate the importance of trust in healthcare.

Locations of care have strict provider credentialing requirements to improve patient safety. Although vendors rarely come into direct contact with patients, hospital vendor credentialing requirements have the same goal. Locations of care that lack a rigorous vendor credentialing process can be vulnerable to legal action should an unqualified vendor gain access to sensitive facility areas,

How do you ensure patient safety in today’s increasingly complex healthcare environment? The commonly held belief that 250,000 preventable inpatient deaths occur every year has thankfully proven unfounded, but this does not lessen the need to identify patient safety risks. 

At IntelliCentrics, we are transforming healthcare by utilizing trust. Our SEC³URE Ethos technology platform serves a global community of more than 11,000 locations of care, with nearly one million registered users.

By Linda Ash-Jackson, MD
Ambulatory surgery center credentialing poses unique challenges for both administration and surgeons. For administration, keeping up-to-date with ambulatory surgery center credentialing requirements for a revolving roster of surgeons is a never-ending task.

Physician stress and burnout have negatively impacted the healthcare industry for years and worsened with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April of 2021, Kaiser Family Foundation released a survey of 1,327 frontline healthcare workers.