President Barack Obama recently issued an executive order to deal with a growing drug shortage at hospitals. In this week’s blog post, William Mills, MD, MMM, CPE, FAAFP, CMSL , reacts to Obama’s suggestions and offers his own advice for temporarily fixing the problem.

Rather than using the terms “high” and “low” to describe thresholds, consider using “acceptable” and “excellent,” as this language better describes the intent of thresholds.

The best of hospital leadership take an active interest and role in safety and quality at their facility, an attitude that can help quality improvement departments, accreditation coordinators, and others who live and breathe process improvement institute the changes necessary to...

The consequences of not setting sufficient rules as to who can be granted privileges at a given hospital are frequent fodder for credentialing professionals, medical staff leaders, and legal counsel. But what happens when we go too far in the opposite direction? Overly...