A challenge that occurs for some medical staffs relates less to the granting of privileges than to the exercise of privileges. Departmental territorialism can occur within organizations and lead to many issues.
Physician leaders need to be recognized and rewarded for the work they do as physician leaders. There are many different kinds of rewards, both financial and non-financial. Here are some non-financial alternatives that hospitals have found to be helpful in recognizing those devoted physicians.
In the past, medical staffs appointed new members for a provisional period, typically for six to 12 months, during which time they monitored the practitioner’s performance. This provisional status/period need no longer exist because FPPE and OPPE regulations have replaced...
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Medical science is advancing with startling speed, and with that evolution comes rapid change in both clinical technology and technique. Patients can benefit vastly from such advances, but only if the practitioner utilizing them is competent. In general, patient safety is at greater risk when a...
Some medical staffs include blank lines labeled “other” at the end of privilege request forms—but they shouldn’t. Including blank lines on privilege request forms encourages and invites applicants to add additional privileges that are not currently delineated on the forms and have not been...
The Credentialing Resource Center’s (CRC) annual MSP Salary Survey measures the compensation rates, essential duties, and other workplace trends shaping the careers of MSPs across the industry. The survey covers areas such as salary, work hours, benefits, and other work-related subjects in order...
Although external peer review is seldom required in most organizations, it is nonetheless important to have a policy in place should the need arise. In many hospitals, the service line or department chair, medical staff quality committee (MSQC), or another designated group will make...
The medical staff services department doesn’t assess practitioners’ competence, but MSPs can ensure that the organized medical staff has the bylaws, policies, and procedures in place to conduct a consistent, fair, effective, and well-documented peer review process. In addition, MSPs can be...
