Physicians stepping into leadership roles like chief of staff bring not only clinical expertise, but a working knowledge of bylaws, privileging frameworks, and organizational resources as well. Learn how a boot camp helped an organization reshape its approach to physician leadership development...
The initial appointment of physicians and allied health practitioners in hospitals often receives more attention than their reappointment. However, the reappointment process presents the greater exposure to negligence and liability.
For medical staff services leaders, board certification is supposed to be one of the more straightforward compliance checkpoints. But in practice, the timeline rarely lines up neatly.
Security and clinical leaders agree—it’s not enough to react to violent incidents in healthcare after the fact. Effective prevention requires executive commitment, interdepartmental coordination, and tailored strategies that evolve with the threat landscape.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer theoretical in medical staff services. It is embedded in credentialing software, file review systems, committee dashboards, automated pending letters, and quality data tracking.
Hospitals across the country are spending record amounts on healthcare, and many are quick to trim down on staff in response to increasing financial pressures. However, doing so will quickly erode hospital quality and patient safety.
A directive ordered state agencies and public institutions of higher education to immediately halt new H-1B visa sponsorships without written permission from the Texas Workforce Commission.
Succession planning has long been a looming concern in medical staff services, but the urgency is getting harder to ignore. Leaders are aging out. Career moves can be sudden. And the next generation of staff and leaders often approach work, technology, and communication in fundamentally...
When asked how they began their career in medical staff services, many MSPs have stated that the job “just fell into their lap.” Many MSPs and credentialing professionals, especially those who have been in the profession for a long time, didn’t have a lot of formal education or training that...
Your organization’s medical staff bylaws and/or credentialing policies and procedures set the actual criteria for credentials committee membership. Although it’s good to enumerate some basic requirements for membership, it’s also worthwhile to note that more effective credentials committee...
