Along with the many other duties that medical staff leaders take on when they step into their new roles, they must play a part in the credentialing process. It is a mistake to assume that because a physician has been on your medical staff for a while and has gone through the credentialing...
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My goal in consulting and writing is to help medical staffs move from a punitive or indifferent peer review culture to one that supports physician improvement and the pursuit of excellence. The good news is that peer review culture can change. But how do you get there? In my experience, there...
The hospital-only specialty, which originated in primary care in the 1990s, has caught on throughout many sub-specialties. Among OB-GYN, gastroenterology, and general surgery services, hospitalist growth has been driven in part by physicians' desires for greater work-life balance, particularly...
Six years ago, Pocono Health System created a committee to streamline the process of bringing new technology and devices to the hospital. What has the New Innovations Committee learned since implementation, and has the initiative been a success?
One of the most common situations that causes attribution difficulties is when care of a patient is handed off to multiple practitioners. Often, staff will list in the medical record the name of the physician who admitted the patient; however, throughout the patient's stay, the record is not...