The standards in The Joint Commission’s Medical Staff chapter focus mainly on governance and organization of the medical staff, credentialing and privileging licensed independent practitioners, and overseeing the clinical activities of those practitioners.
With more than five million dead worldwide from COVID-19, the enduring threat of health misinformation and disinformation has prolonged and worsened the pandemic. Healthcare professionals must be vigilant to counter inaccurate information about COVID-19, vaccines, and treatments wherever it may...
Short of terminating a physician’s employment, appraising a physician’s performance is often the responsibility that administrative and medical staff leaders hate most. For many physicians, the phrase “performance appraisals” stirs up an unsavory image of managers sitting behind large desks...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit involving Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), the teaching hospital of the Yale School of Medicine, and aging physicians remains an ongoing legal matter. The EEOC charged in the February 2020 lawsuit that the hospital violated federal...
The past year has brought a lot of changes for medical assistants. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they have expanded their duties to include things such as nasopharyngeal swabbing, COVID-19 vaccinations, and telehealth functions. They also have shifted to different healthcare settings. Two...
The National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) recently issued a position statement in support of efforts to extend licensed independent practitioner reappointment cycles from two...
As seen in countless ways over nearly the past two years, how healthcare is delivered has changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus spread throughout the U.S., the healthcare sector faced unique challenges to support their practitioners and keep patients safe. Although the pandemic...
One of the more critical issues impacting healthcare providers today is physician suicides, as discussed by University of Iowa professors Diane S. Rohlman, PhD, of the department of Occupational & Environmental Health, and Gerard Clancy, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry and emergency...
Depending on the structure of an organization, medical staff leadership may often change as department chairs, vice presidents of medical affairs, medical directors, and others come and go.
In these situations, it's the MSP—along with the established policies, procedures...
For a hospital and its medical staff to be truly successful in today’s challenging environment, each must take a proactive and win-win approach to improving physician-hospital relations. The truly successful organization is characterized by better solutions to achieving high-quality patient care...
