Healthcare Standards

Executive Director Blog: Eric Berlin of Dentons Speaks About Medical Marijuana

2023-05-30T15:18:15-04:0005/30/2023|C4UHC News, Cannabis, Center for Supply Chain Studies (CSCS), Comments ON, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., Dentons, Discussion, Executive Director, Executive Director Blog, Medical Marijuana, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Sharon Gleason, Standards, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)|

Eric Berlin, one of the leading cannabis lawyers in the U.S. with Dentons, the largest law firm in the world, says in his interview with C4UHC Executive Director, Sharon Gleason, Ed.D., hospitals and medical centers need to recognize the disruptive impact that legal cannabis is having on employee and vendor testing.

C4UHC News Curation of Fierce Health Article: “What’s Holding Back Health IT Interoperability in 2023? ONC Has Some Thoughts”

2023-05-01T09:19:49-04:0005/01/2023|C4UHC, C4UHC News, Comments OFF, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc.|

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.

Executive Director Blog: Bradley Adams of Intermountain Healthcare Emphasizes the Importance of Standards in Supply Chain Management and Vendor Credentialing

2023-04-17T08:05:30-04:0004/17/2023|C4UHC News, Center for Supply Chain Studies (CSCS), Comments ON, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., Discussion, Executive Director, Executive Director Blog, Intermountain Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Industry, Sharon Gleason, Suppliers|

Bradley Adams, Supplier Access Specialist in the Supply Chain Organization of Intermountain Healthcare (IMH), talks about his experience in supply chain management and his thoughts on vendor credentialing.

Executive Director Blog: Bob Celeste On How the OCI and Web 3.0 Standards Are Improving Credentialing in Pharma

2023-03-26T11:53:23-04:0003/26/2023|Bob Celeste, C4UHC News, Center for Supply Chain Studies (CSCS), Comments ON, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., Discussion, Executive Director, Executive Director Blog, Pharmaceutical Industry, Sharon Gleason, Suppliers|

Bob Celeste is the Founder of Center for Supply Chain Studies, a neutral nonprofit organization, hosting an online forum for team exploration and collaboration. The organization closely monitors the healthcare industry and shares insights on compliance issues, challenging topics, emerging technologies, and trends with its members.

What We Can Learn From the Open Credentialing Initiative (OCI) and Its Credentialing Efforts in the Pharmaceutical Industry

2023-03-13T08:58:29-04:0003/13/2023|C4UHC, C4UHC News, Comments OFF, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), Healthcare Suppliers, Open Credentialing Initiative (OCI), Patient Safety, Pharmaceutical Industry|

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.

Executive Director Blog: Terry Chang of AdvaMed and His Advocacy for Standardized Healthcare Vendor Credentialing

2023-02-27T14:16:05-05:0002/27/2023|C4UHC News, Comments ON, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., Discussion, Executive Director, Executive Director Blog, Sharon Gleason, Suppliers|

In a February 2023 conversation with Terry Chang, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, and Director of Legal & Medical Affairs at AdvaMed, I asked him about his support for the trade association’s Health Care Industry Representative (HCIR) Credentialing Working Group, why the issue is important and what are the biggest opportunities for universal credentialing by accredited standards.

Executive Director Blog: The Need to Improve the Healthcare Ecosystem, Advance the Technological Infrastructure and Interoperability

2023-01-04T08:57:38-05:0001/03/2023|C4UHC News, Comments ON, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., Discussion, Executive Director, Executive Director Blog, Sharon Gleason, Suppliers|

In a December 2022 conversation with O.R. Trax CEO and co-Founder, Abram Liverio, C4UHC Executive Director Sharon Gleason Jenkins asked him about his experience with credentialing, developing a company and improving the healthcare ecosystem.

Executive Director Blog: Mike Schiller Shares his Supply Chain Expertise

2023-01-04T10:48:13-05:0011/09/2022|Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), C4UHC News, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., Discussion, Executive Director, Executive Director Blog, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Mike Schiller, Providers, Sharon Gleason, Suppliers|

The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), a professional management group of the American Hospital Association, recognized the value of having a subject matter expert on staff who resembles their members and can relate directly to member work environments and challenges. Michael Schiller, Senior Director, Supply Chain at AHRMM, was interviewed by Sharon Gleason Jenkins, C4UHC Executive Director, in this post.

The Joint Commission Aims to Improve Patient Care by Eliminating Redundant Quality Standards — Fierce Healthcare

2022-10-24T11:40:48-04:0010/24/2022|C4UHC, C4UHC News, Comments OFF, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., COVID-19, Redundant Standards, The Joint Commission|

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.

C4UHC Mission to Standardize Healthcare Vendor Credentialing Recognized by NMS Health

2022-09-27T14:06:53-04:0009/27/2022|ANSI Standards, C4UHC, C4UHC News, Comments OFF, Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing Inc., NMS Health, Vendor Credentialing|

We’re proud to share that the Consortium for Universal Healthcare Credentialing (C4UHC)’s mission to establish the ANSI Standard for Supplier Credentialing in Healthcare is featured in the article “Vendor Credentialing: Best Practices and Guide” on NMS Health’s The Occupational Blog.

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