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Thermo Fisher Scientific is committed to providing its employees with streamlined processes and procedures to improve productivity and quality. In line with our commitment to continuous improvement, the SDG group is looking to examine our current practices surrounding Vendor Credentialing.
To better understand our current practices we are asking you to participate in a Vendor Credentialing Survey. By participating in this survey you will be making an important contribution towards the design of a streamlined vendor credentialing process that will improve your vendor credentialing experience.
Please participate in this valuable survey by Friday, February 5, 2016. This survey is user-friendly and should take you no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Should you have any questions regarding the survey, please reach out to [email protected].
Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below. |
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* Which team do you support? |
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* What is your main job function? |
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* Which 3rd party credentialing agencies are you currently registered with? (select all that apply) |
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* How many hospitals/labs require that you be credentialed? |
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* Are you currently registered with all of them? |
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* Why are you not registered with all of them? |
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Approximately how much money do you spend ANNUALLY on credentialing services? |
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| * Registrations | | | | * Trainings | | | | * Testings | | | | * Background checks and sex offender registry searches | | |
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* Which internal resource is currently helping you meet your credentialing needs? |
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* Are you currently signing documents before entering a facility? IE – business agreements. |
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* Who is currently reviewing these documents prior to signature? |
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How much time do you spend on the following credentialing activities? |
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How many hours on average do you spend MONTHLY on:
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How many hours on average do you spend ANNUALLY on:
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| Other: please indicate any other activities [not noted above] and the average hours you spend on each activity (please specify if the average time spent is monthly or annually) | | |
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* Have you ever avoided meeting with customers due to vendor credentialing requirements? |
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* Have you ever been unable to meet with a customer at a scheduled time due to vendor credentialing requirements? |
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* How are you currently completing the trainings required for credentialing? |
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| * What do you feel would make the biggest impact on credentialing? | | |
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| * What experiences have you had with vendor credentialing over the past 2 or 3 years? (Good or bad) | | |
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* What improvements to the credentialing program would you benefit from the most? |
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