Using a laundry list or a fragmented privileging system is an extremely inefficient way of complying with FPPE/OPPE requirements, often synonymous with attempting to fit a square peg in a round hole. This is true even when utilizing a privileging system that includes both core/bundle privileging...
Inappropriate communication among physicians and other hospital staff can take many forms—from verbal outbursts and threats to failing to complete medical records or notes in a timely fashion. Whether overt or subtle, these behaviors undermine team interactions, creating an uncomfortable,...
You are finishing out the second year of your term as president of the medical staff. It has been a fascinating journey, and even though you have been on staff at Better Care Medical Center for close to 10 years, you have very little idea of how things operate in the overall functioning of the...
Today’s healthcare environment is ever-shifting, often making it difficult for providers to keep up. However, the incentives to do so remain high, especially with the continuing physician shortage. As of 2016, the number of nurse practitioners (NP) has increased by 23% and the number of...
In this month’s column, we shall explore the role of the healthcare organization in burnout prevention and remediation. A starting point is to look at the culture of the medical staff. Every medical staff organization has a defining “culture”; its repository of beliefs, values, and behaviors....
Hospitals and medical clinics are unique given the amount of personal information stored in their databanks. Despite the many technological safeguards put into place to protect patient information from getting into the wrong hands, a mistake as trivial as password sharing could still be...
Elizabeth "Libby" Snelson, JD, discusses what you need to look for in your bylaws to make sure board certification requirements are not causing unintended consequences to your medical staff.
A job application is the first look an employer gets at a potential employee. Along with providing the essential information an employer needs to know, it may also provide some subtle--yet valuable--insight into whether that candidate is a good fit for the organization. The same is true for...
If your organization is struggling with where to place a practitioner in one of your medical staff categories, you either have too few or too many medical staff categories. Consider arranging your medical staff categories into these four common categories.
