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		<title>What Are You in For?</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/11/17/what-are-you-in-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question seems innocuous enough.  But it becomes loaded with concerns about patient privacy when a hospital contractor not on the medical staff asks it. Hospitals and ASCs that concentrate their rep and vendor credentialing programs on device reps in clinical areas overlook the large number of vendors and reps in their halls that aren’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=1060&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Shortages, the Gray Market, and Vendor Credentialing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discussion of drug shortages and the gray market is certainly rising.   And while the media frenzy may seem hyped, the storm has been brewing through most of this year. The American Hospital Association released a survey in July of this year noting that a staggering 99.5% of all hospitals have experienced drug shortages in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=1046&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When to Credential Healthcare Contractors</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/10/19/when-to-credential-healthcare-contractors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vendorcompliance</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/?p=1034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A fundamental definition of “vendor” is anyone who is paid for a product or service. In healthcare, vendor credentialing needs to be done for both the vendor company and for any individual with a direct relationship to the provider. This seems straightforward enough, but the reality in healthcare is actually complex. And credentialing contract staff members [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=1034&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Filling the Gaps in Vendor Credentialing</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/10/03/filling-the-gaps-in-vendor-credentialing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many healthcare systems focus their vendor credentialing efforts on the vendor representatives in the halls.   These representatives certainly pose a high risk to the hospital in terms of access to patients and patient care areas.  Additionally, they are more likely to glean the attention of a Joint Commission auditor. However, with unemployment back on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=1027&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hospitals Call For Flu Vaccine for Healthcare Reps</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/09/06/hospitals-call-for-flu-vaccine-for-healthcare-reps/</link>
		<comments>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/09/06/hospitals-call-for-flu-vaccine-for-healthcare-reps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/?p=1019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Effective October 1, 2011: All reps visiting hospitals requiring the influenza vaccine must have proof of their influenza vaccination uploaded into the Vendormate system. Fortunately, preparations for the 2011-2012 Flu Season are going better than last year.  Last year&#8217;s supply shortages meant that the medical community focused on getting the highest risk populations, such as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=1019&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fixin&#8217; To Credential</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/08/19/fixin-to-credential/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vendorcompliance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Badging]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/?p=1005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who lives in Texas knows the phrase, &#8220;fixin&#8217; to.&#8221;   &#8220;Fixin&#8217; to&#8221; is a useful way of saying something is on your to-do list but it hasn&#8217;t been started yet, as in &#8220;I&#8217;m fixin&#8217; to make dinner.&#8221; Conveniently, &#8220;fixin&#8217; to&#8221; has no time limit.  I can be &#8220;fixin&#8217; to make dinner&#8221; as I pull [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=1005&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whooping Cough Requirements Clarified</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/07/29/whooping-cough-requirements-clarified/</link>
		<comments>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/07/29/whooping-cough-requirements-clarified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Immunization Requirements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/?p=995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tdap immunizations requirements have already been in place for healthcare vendor reps in patient care areas for many hospitals.  But because Tdap covers tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, the objective of the immunization hasn&#8217;t always been clear.  Which of these diseases is the hospital really concerned about? Many reps reason that the hospital isn&#8217;t really concerned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=995&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shocking Requirement: Electrical Safety for Healthcare Vendors</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/07/15/shocking-requirement-electrical-safety-for-healthcare-vendors/</link>
		<comments>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/07/15/shocking-requirement-electrical-safety-for-healthcare-vendors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vendorcompliance</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/?p=989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Vendormate has received a number of questions about whether or not electrical safety training should be required of vendor representatives.  As with many protocols related to vendor reps, a “yes” or “no” answer isn’t clear. Right now, electrical safety training is not a very common requirement among Vendormate hospitals.  Our customers that do require [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=989&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NSAP ASAP: Protection for Data Breach Exposure</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/06/28/nsap-asap-protection-for-data-breach-exposure/</link>
		<comments>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/06/28/nsap-asap-protection-for-data-breach-exposure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/?p=975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With 13% of all publicly reported sensitive data breaches taking place in healthcare, it is critical to your operations that all healthcare IT vendors with access to protected health information (PHI) be covered by a thorough network security and privacy (NSAP) insurance. EHR implementations are prime examples of the potential for PHI exposure.  EHR expands PHI access [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=975&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4 Password Tips for Data Security</title>
		<link>http://vendorcompliance.vendormate.com/2011/06/20/4-password-tips-for-data-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vendorcompliance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[best practices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who haven&#8217;t been keeping up with computer security lately, password compromises have become rampant in the past few months. From Sony to UPS to PBS to Congressmen, security breaches have been in the news. And while some of these are the work of sophisticated hacking efforts, others are simply the results [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vendorcompliance.vendormate.com&amp;blog=658210&amp;post=968&amp;subd=vendorcompliance&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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