Interviewing for a job is no one’s cup of tea. Most of us are insomniacs the night before an interview because we worry about what could go wrong. However, you don’t have to lose a night’s sleep when a new job opportunity presents itself. These 10 interview tips...
As of July 1, The Joint Commission added antidiscrimination language into the medical staff chapter of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH). Previous antidiscrimination language was deleted in 2003 because the accrediting organization believed it...
Often, medical staffs throw new credentials committee members in with the sharks and hope that they know how to swim. These members are often left to figure out the details of their position on their own. This learn-as-...
When a physician applies to a medical staff, one of the first things that credentialing specialists verify is the physician’s state license. If the license looks clean, the physician must be good, right? Not necessarily.
For MSPs, starting a new job means learning a new set of medical staff bylaws and processes, finding the way around a new facility, meeting dozens of medical staff members, and navigating a new social and political atmosphere. If that wasn't harrowing enough, most medical staff...
As a medical staff leader or MSP, at some point during your career, you will inevitably find yourself standing in front of a crowd delivering a presentation. You may be presenting to only five board members or a crowd of 400. Either way, you should have the right tools in your belt if you want...
Fine wine might ripen with age, but peer review processes left alone for decades go sour. This is the lesson that Tucson (AZ) Medical Center (TMC) learned when its department-based peer review process became so punitive and ineffective that some physicians stopped performing specific procedures...
Ask any MSP, and he or she will tell you that having the funds available to attend conferences and purchase educational materials, such as books and newsletter subscriptions, is essential to having a well-functioning medical staff services department (MSSD). However, those funds are often the...
