In hospitals all across the country, the governing board is fiscally responsible for the financial wellbeing of the organization. The governing board is also ultimately responsible for the credentialing and privileging of all practitioners in the organization and for monitoring the quality of...
In a newly released framework that focuses on worker mental health and well-being, the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy advises business leaders to create policies and practices to support workers.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 10
As a medical staff leader, you will be called upon to run meetings. Meetings are often necessary to get work done. They may be in the service of directly carrying out a key responsibility delegated to the medical staff by the governing board. Or they may be required to meet some standard of a...
The medical staff office doesn’t assess practitioners’ competence, but MSPs can ensure that the organized medical staff has the bylaws, policies, and procedures in place to conduct a consistent, fair, effective, and well-documented peer review process. In addition, the medical staff services...
A recent study in Health Affairs found that physicians are hesitant to treat patients with disabilities and admit to being out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Physicians reported...
