If you receive an application from a practitioner requesting privileges that he or she did not hold at his or her previous hospital, don’t deny the request based on that fact alone. Instead, ask the practitioner questions such as the following:
The Joint Commission is the latest healthcare heavy-hitter to call for better protection of healthcare workers, recently announcing the creation of Sentinel Event Alert 59, which addresses violence—physical and verbal—against healthcare workers. About 75% of workplace assaults occur in the...
Be caring and compassionate to all people. And work on communication and emotional intelligence—it’s more useful in the end than knowing every nerve in the body.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 9
Q: Should we specify in our bylaws that only active staff members will take call?
Michael R. Callahan, JD, senior partner in the Health Care Practice Group Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Illinois: EMTALA requires that hospitals provide ED services in all areas and...
