A step-by-step walkthrough of creating a HARP account, completing identity proofing (remote via Experian or manual), setting up required two-factor authentication options, and maintaining account access for CMS applications.

Background: Physicians’ perceived compensation satisfaction enhances work enthusiasm, ensures health care system stability, and inspires health care quality. However, few studies have investigated the combined effect of multiple influencing factors on this perception. Objective: This study investigates the factors influencing Chinese physicians’ perceived compensation satisfaction. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between April and May 2024 to examine physicians’ perceived compensation satisfaction, alongside their sociodemographic characteristics and perceived transparency of compensation schemes. A total of 325 valid responses were obtained, with 163 male and 162 female participants. Qualitative comparative analysis was then employed to identify the factors associated with physicians’ perceived compensation satisfaction. Results: The analysis yielded two models: junior physicians’ perceptions and senior physicians’ perceptions. For junior physicians, compensation scheme transparency contributed to higher perceived compensation satisfaction, regardless of salary or work hours. For senior physicians, two paths contributed to perceived compensation satisfaction: (1) higher salary and compensation scheme transparency and (2) lower salary and compensation scheme transparency combined with a higher technical rank and fewer work hours. Conclusions: The determinants of perceived compensation satisfaction showed heterogeneity between junior and senior physicians, which underscores the necessity of formulating tiered, targeted compensation packages to improve their perceived compensation satisfaction.

New research suggests that patients with duplicate medical records face substantially higher risks during hospital stays, including greater chances of intensive care and death.

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Background: Lower- and middle-income countries bear a disproportionate share of the global burden of adverse events in health care. Despite this, patient safety research is predominantly conducted in high-income countries with well-developed health care systems, resulting in evidence and methodologies that have limited applicability in resource-constrained settings. Objective: This pilot study primarily aimed to identify the most suitable methodology for a full-scale study to detect inpatient adverse events at a tertiary care hospital in a lower- to middle-income country. Second, we aimed to use our experience with this study to further adapt the selected methodology to our setting. Methods: This external pilot study used a 2-step retrospective chart review methodology. Two separate screening tools, tools 1A and 1B, were compared to identify which performed better in our setting. We reviewed the medical records of patients who were discharged between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019, from a tertiary care hospital in a lower- to middle-income country in South Asia. The main outcome of interest was the rate of adverse events among hospitalized patients reported as the total number of adverse events experienced per 100 admissions. Results: A total of 100 medical records were screened using tool 1A, with the mean patient age being 39.2 (SD 27.7) years and the mean length of stay being 3.3 (SD 2.8) days. Only 1 adverse event was identified using tool 1A, resulting in an adverse event rate of 1 event per 100 hospital admissions. Tool 1B was also used to screen a total of 100 medical records. The mean patient age was found to be 39.8 (SD 28.4) years, with the mean length of stay being 3.5 (SD 3.4) days. A total of 30 adverse events were identified across 22 patient files, with 18 (60%) considered preventable, resulting in an adverse event rate of 30 events per 100 hospital admissions. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that tool 1B, adapted from the Global Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events, represents an appropriate and sensitive methodology to identify adverse events among hospitalized patients in a lower- to middle-income country. Furthermore, the findings and experiences of this study were used to improve the design and procedures of our research methodology before implementation in a full-scale study.

The Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) has lifted the intensified supervision on the execution of the care obligation by health insurer CZ.

De Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit (NZa) heeft het verscherpte toezicht op de uitvoering van de zorgplicht door zorgverzekeraar CZ opgeheven.