Allied health professionals (AHPs) represent one of the fastest growing fields in medicine and can be a critical resource for reducing the ED call burden for physicians.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 21
Medical staff policies generally allow a medical staff member to obtain, for good cause, a voluntary leave of absence (LOA). However, a practitioner’s LOA that exceeds the maximum time limit specified in the medical staff policies constitutes a voluntary resignation of medical staff membership...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 21
This month, the U.S. District Court for the eastern division of Louisiana overturned t decision against Lakeview Regional Medical Center, stating that an “affirmative duty to disclose does not exist absent of a fiduciary and confidential relationship.” Based on this mixed message, what are the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 20
Whether you’re on your own in the medical staff office (MSO) or you manage other staff members, you may find that some tasks are more appropriately accomplished in other departments or by a member of your MSO staff other than yourself. The inability to delegate can be one of the greatest drains...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 20
Unlike the first seven standards, EC.9.10 does not require a written management plan. Therefore, it is often overlooked. This can easily get a hospital in trouble because Joint Commission surveyors will ask just as many questions about EC.9.10 as they will about the first seven standards. In...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 19
The answer to this question is based on a number of factors, including to what degree your medical staff culture will even allow physicians to be paid for administrative tasks.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 19
Dealing with a disruptive physician is difficult enough when you have time to plan for an intervention and have others to help you. But what can you do when you are confronted by a disruptive physician during a committee meeting?
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 18
As I recently prepared a quality and peer review educational program for a medical staff, the hospital I was working with asked me to cover physician-nurse relations as well. As I thought about how to approach this, I realized that discussing it in the context of the six general competencies...
