The “Partnership for Patients” Program Teams with Hospitals to Increase Safety
June 24, 2011
As MSPs, you work to ensure safety in your hospital. When you evaluate a practitioner’s credentials, you’re simultaneously protecting thousands of patients from the wrong doctor, and preventing harm. But unfortunately, mistakes are bound to happen in the medical practice.
“Partnership for Patients,” funded by the Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMS), was recently released by the Obama Administration in an effort to reduce the amount of medical errors that take place every day. The focus of “Partnership for Patients” is to prevent illness, injury, and healing complications.
The program projects that, “by the end of 2013, preventable hospital-acquired conditions would decrease by 40% compared to 2010… [and] all hospital readmissions would be reduced by 20% compared to 2010” (2) Healthcare systems and organizations that sign a contract with the “Partnership for Patients” program would be expected to redesign their care processes accordingly, but that’s nothing compared to the lives and reputations that would be saved.
What many people don’t realize, however, is that the credentialing verification process is the first step to better healthcare. Of course, increased awareness and better technology is important. But it takes the right practitioner to carry out these changes effectively.
IntelliSoft’s IntelliCred is a software solution that simplifies the credentialing process and ensures better accuracy. The new IntelliCred 11.2 alerts hospitals to a practitioner’s personal references and competence to perform procedures through its criteria-based core privileging management, allowing MSPs to make a more educated decision during the credentialing verification process. IntelliCred manages your important documents and automates the primary source verification process. And you can rest assured that you’ll meet or exceed Joint Commission, NCQA, and URAC credentialing standards with this software solution. Find out how IntelliSoft Group can help your organization. Visit us at www.intellisoftgroup.com
