namss news C Improving Patient Safety has been during their career. The video above as well as NAMSS new cutting-edge PASS program are reminders of NAMSS’ mission: To advance a healthcare environment that maximizes the patient experience through the delivery of quality services. NAMSS is still working out the details of the program for the full roll out. Keep an eye on the NAMSS website to learn additional ways that NAMSS can help you enhance your role as a medical services professional! ■ reated to help educate others on the importance of the role of medical services professionals, this exciting new informational video features interviews from physicians and MSPs, like you, on the vital role that the profession plays in healthcare. The video features NAMSS Treasurer John Pastrano on the value and importance of medical services professionals. Additionally, doctors, hospital CEOs and other MSPs talk about what credentialing and the MSP’s role means to the safety and legitimacy of healthcare providers. As you read in this issue’s President’s Message that starts on p. 8, NAMSS has formally collaborated with the Practitioner Hospital Data Bank (PHDB) to provide a database called NAMSS PASS (Practitioner Affiliation Sharing Source), which will house and provide primarysource verifications for affiliations of all practitioners and provide a gap analysis so you can track the history of where a practitioner Take a moment to watch this three-minute video to learn more — http://www.namss.org/ NAMSSinformationalvideo/tabid/434.Default.aspx 28 / SYNERGY September/O ctO ber 2012http://www.namss.org/NAMSSInformationalVideo/tabid/434/Default.aspx http://www.namss.org/NAMSSinformationalvideo/tabid/434.Default.aspx http://www.namss.org/NAMSSinformationalvideo/tabid/434.Default.aspx http://www.edge-u-cate.com http://www.edge-u-cate.com