Patient Bobby Willison brought suit against Dr. Prabhakar Pandey, MD, and Western Maryland Health System (WMHS), alleging that Pandey had negligently treated Willison.
Last month, we discussed how the medical staff leadership can build bridges between themselves and the medical staff members to create more collegial, open relationships. In the final installment of this three-part series about medical staff communication, we discuss how...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 11
I read a couple of interesting management pieces that confirmed my discovery that when it comes to some aspects of credentialing, less is really more. Here's how I came to that conclusion.
Fairmont Medical Center suspended the privileges of Corey Welchlin, MD, citing disruptive behavior. The appeals court affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Fairmont.
Last month, we tested medical staff leaders' peer review knowledge. This month's quiz focuses on leadership issues that any medical staff leader or physician executive should have a firm grasp on. Take this quiz to your next medical executive committee or general medical staff...
Citing performance issues, Humility of Mary Health Partners asked cardiothoracic surgeon George Georgopoulos, MD, to voluntarily refrain from performing coronary artery bypass surgeries and hired an independent physician to review several of his cases. Georgopoulos' independent...
Take this peer review quiz on your own or present it at the next peer review committee meeting to assess training needs and spur discussion. All questions are based on information provided in Medical Staff Briefing over the past year.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 9
Two of the most critical functions of the medical staff are determining and recommending current clinical competence for each practitioner exercising privileges in the facility. MSPs support this function by ensuring that each practitioner's file contains information for the...
Electronic medical records (EMR), smartphones, texting, e-mail, remote access-all of these innovations have hit the healthcare sector with force over the past 10 years. For some physicians, EMRs enable them to work more quickly and keep better notes; for other physicians, it...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 8
Have you ever heard the acronym "BHAG"? It stands for Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal-a phrase coined by James Collins, author of several management books, including Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't.
