In California, as in most states, there are no formal requirements for training or state certification for home care workers.
For this study, we used only consultations provided by primary care physicians (FMH board certifications for primary care, general internal medicine, general practitioner without board certification, incorporated group practice member).
We defined the occurrence of functional disability as certification for long-term care needs of the subjects.
Comparison of performance achievement award recognition with primary stroke center certification for acute ischemic stroke care.
The report proposes strengthening direct certification for children in foster care, as well as homeless, migrant and runaway children.
We could propose to follow the example of the National Quality Measures for Breast Care (NQMBC), which uses the degree of participation to on-line registration of the answers to a set of quality questions to grant 3 levels of certification for quality breast health care [ 17, 36].
The topics covered in this book should provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of all the procedures and techniques necessary for certification in critical care medicine, or indeed for any clinician training in another allied specialty that encompasses care of an acutely ill patient.
Starting in September, the Joint Commission, an organization that sets hospital standards and monitors their performance, will begin offering voluntary certification for hospital inpatient palliative-care programs.
In addition, a plan or issuer may not, under federal law, require that a doctor or other health care provider obtain certification for prescribing a length of stay of up to 48 hours (or 96 hours).
The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is an ACGME-accredited three-year program intended to prepare the pediatrician for subspecialty certification in critical care by the American Board of Pediatrics.
