Many MSPs have questions regarding what information to keep and how long to store it. This policy outlines the requirements of documents that must be present in each medical staff credentialing and privileging file, as well as a control process for logging when those files are checked in and out...
Many medical staffs’ current bylaws were originally written decades ago and are simply amended year after year. Due to their piecemeal creation,...Read More »
The healthcare sector is experiencing a wave of consolidations with a significant uptick in hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions....Read More »
To ensure that the credentials committee benefits from interested, experienced, and knowledgeable members, the members of the credentials...Read More »
Medical staff bylaws should address how to manage conflicts of interest once disclosed or otherwise determined—a critical, but often overlooked,...Read More »
This is the latest in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, Greeley and Williams...Read More »
Employed practitioners must comply with HR policies, such as those surrounding orientation, patient safety, and risk management. Such requirements...Read More »
Increasingly, organizations are implementing policies for evaluating older members of the medical staff—often for practitioners at age 70, or...Read More »
Privileges are permissions that have been granted to a physician or other licensed independent practitioner to provide specific patient care...Read More »