Cole J W
Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
Physician Exec. 1998 Sep-Oct;24(5):52-5.
The current system for credentialing physicians in the U.S. is staggeringly redundant, prone to error, and expensive. The process for establishing a recent graduate's practice can involve an average of five applications to have privileges at several hospitals and HMOs. A centralized verification system needs to be developed to streamline this process. The amount of information that would have to be stored for all physicians in the country would be immense. However, the technology currently exists to store such information on a much grander scale. Credit unions, banks, and insurance companies utilize such computer systems effectively and with reasonable confidentiality.
美国目前的医生资格认证系统极其冗余，容易出错，且成本高昂。刚毕业的医生要获得执业资格，平均要向几家医院和健康维护组织提交五次申请。需要开发一个集中验证系统来简化这一流程。要存储全国所有医生的信息，数量将极为庞大。然而，目前的技术已能够以更大规模存储此类信息。信用社、银行和保险公司都能有效且合理保密地使用这类计算机系统。
