It's been more than two decades since William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, teamed up with a vascular surgeon and four MSPs to develop a comprehensive set of medical staff bylaws in 90 days, but it's an experience he won't soon forget.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
As hospitals diversify their medical staffs and contend with mounting regulatory efforts to ally payment and performance, interdisciplinary collaboration has emerged as a major driver of financial health, medical staff stability, and care quality.
By extension, collaboration is also the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
Clinician shortages are gaining ground across the country, adding new urgency to a long-standing pursuit in the medical staff services department (MSSD): striking the ideal balance between quality and efficiency.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
Do you remember the movie Groundhog Day? That's what it felt like to attend 15 medical staff department meetings a month, listening to the same quality and administrative reports over and over (and over) again. What's more, I was one of a dwindling few who toughed out these redundant events on a...