Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing, Inc.
“Standardizing vendor credentialing is a key component in the overall digital transformation currently taking place in the healthcare industry.”
Our colleagues at CAPS Research are aiming to improve the intricacies surrounding the supply management function by conducting their annual flagship survey, The Metrics of Supply Management.
As the date of our C4UHC Symposium on June 4-7 quickly approaches, the number of sponsors for the event at the Margaritaville Resort Orlando increases, including CHR, now a WorkCare Company, NMS Health, and NoMoreForms.
The Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) and the Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing, Inc. (C4UHC) are collaborating to promote the adoption of the ANSI/NEMA SC 1-2020 Standard for Supplier Credentialing in Healthcare.
Nancy L. Pakieser, C4UHC's new Executive Director, will leverage her expertise for substantial growth and influence in digital healthcare, as stated by Karen Leming, C4UHC Board of Directors Chair.
The Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing. Inc. (C4UHC) announced its suggested guidelines for tuberculosis (TB) testing for medical suppliers providing healthcare products and services to care facilities.
In 2022, 90% of hospitals and clinics required credentials for medical industry representatives entering their facilities, according to NMS Health. Fulfilling these requirements costs millions of dollars and labor hours because most of those healthcare centers don’t adhere to one national set of vendor credentialing standards such as the ANSI NEMA SC-1 2020 American National Standard for Supplier Credentialing in Healthcare.
A recent government report on medical providers’ progress in adopting electronic health records (EHR) reflects how establishing standards is a challenge throughout the healthcare ecosystem, not just in vendor credentialing of medical suppliers.
The Open Credentialing Initiative (OCI) is an incubator project of The Center for Supply Chain Studies working to achieve patient safety and credentialing goals for the entire pharmaceutical industry that will be familiar to C4UHC members.
To help reduce healthcare centers’ time and effort necessary to comply with quality standards, The Joint Commission is currently reviewing which standards should be “permanently retired” once the COVID-19 public health emergency ends, reports Fierce Healthcare.
