Although patient safety organizations (PSO) have been around for a couple of years, for many medical staffs, questions still linger. Hospitals aren't required to participate in a PSO, but many are considering doing so to reap the legal protections that PSOs offer.
Managing meetings-whether for a department, a medical staff committee, or even among the MSP staff-is a great opportunity for MSPs to outwardly demonstrate their ability to take the reins with confidence. A well-executed meeting sends the message to medical staff leaders and...
Physicians all over the country who are seeking to reenter the workforce are one step closer to having a defined path to follow. In January, the AMA issued "Physician Reentry to the Workforce: Recommendations for a Coordinated Approach," which offers recommendations to ...
OB hospitalist programs (aka laborist programs) are taking the country by storm. At last count, Rob Olson, MD, FACOG, a laborist at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham, WA, and editor and administrator of ObGynHospitalist.com,...
The story of Margaret McBride, a nun who was recently excommunicated for allowing an abortion to occur at Arizona-based St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, has made headlines during the past few months. The case prompted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to write...
We’ve all heard the saying “Great leaders are made, not born.” But how does one make a leader? It’s a complicated recipe, but it involves one part self-education, one part opportunity, and one part mentorship.
We’ve all done it—read through tedious reports filled with paragraphs of blocky text, tables, and footnotes but walked away with zero useful information. We get so bogged down in the bulk of the information that we fail to see what the data mean. That’s where infographics...
It’s no secret that the current fee-for-service physician payment model is flawed. It rewards physicians for the volume of the care they provide, rather than the quality, and it does little to control costs.
Often, medical staff bylaws describe the processes for nominating, electing, and removing medical staff officers. However, bylaws often lack details new leaders need to know to hit the ground running or experienced leaders need to maintain optimal performance.
In some hospitals, MSPs collect ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) data and help orchestrate the entire process. In other hospitals, the quality department owns OPPE, and MSPs simply disseminate the...
