Are your bylaws rooted in the last century?

Is it time to rework your medical staff bylaws? Take a tip from this list of "indicators" from Medical Staff Governance Documents: The Increasing Importance of Contemporary Bylaws, a recent HCPro webcast presented by Todd Sagin, MD, JD, who is nationally renowned for his work with hospital boards, medical staffs, and physician organizations.

You Know It Is Time For A Bylaws Rewrite When:

• There are multiple examples of contradictory or inconsistent statements in the governance documents
• The language reflects numerous authors with different styles after years of ‘cut and paste’ modifications
• Medical staff officers have been left stranded on an issue because bylaws provided inadequate guidance or clarity
• Unnecessary fair hearings are taking place
• The medical staff becomes paralyzed on important issues because bylaws do not promote flexibility

full bylaws review is time-consuming and futile without a clear understanding of the revision process or the purpose behind the bylaws. Listen on demand to Medical Staff Governance Documents: The Increasing Importance of Contemporary Bylaws, and learn best practices for creating contemporary medical staff bylaws, and approaches for dealing with common hot-button issues that create liability or controversy for medical staffs.

Use this webcast as a training tool at your convenience—whenever your new or existing staff need a refresher or need to understand a new concept. Click here for more information.