As a member of the medical staff, your fellow physicians should have your unconditional respect as a colleague. This is the “social grease” of physician-to-physician relationships as we all want to work in a collegial environment. In short, people who trust each other, value each other’s company...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 17
The medical staff professional (MSP) is responsible for processing and maintaining applicants’ credentials files. MSPs may also be responsible for a number of other tasks, including re-screening applicants to ensure they continue to meet the minimum criteria necessary to reapply for membership...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 16
Communication is key to successfully leading the medical staff. Timely communication is essential to ensuring that physicians know and comply with policies and procedures; are aware of current challenges, long-term goals, and strategic plans; and are familiar with hospital news and current...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 16
When consulting with clients, I frequently ask them how they are complying with EC.8.10, one of the lesser known environment of care (EOC) standards. Many times I receive blank looks and answers indicating they were not aware of this standard. While the seven well-known EOC standards are usually...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 16
Traditionally, a peer has been defined as an individual in the same specialty. However, as inpatient medical practice has become more complex, with multiple specialties involved in patient care and numerous handoffs among practitioners, that definition has proved to be too limited for effective...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 16
The medical staff professional’s job is always going to be stressful, and there is no way of getting around that. Many of the areas of stress that MSPs deal with are ones that cannot be removed, but there are some things MSPs can do to reduce stress in the workplace, including honing their time...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 15
Strategic planning is a business term that many in healthcare environments have associated with “something administration has to do.” The challenge of an effective medical staff leader is to incorporate strategic planning into the organized medical staff’s functions.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 15
In helping hospitals design effective medical staff quality committees to oversee their peer review programs, The Greeley Company must often help hospitals define the responsibilities of these critical committees. One area of debate is whether hospital performance improvement (PI) activities...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 15
Direct-to-patient marketing by hospitals to tout a procedure, such as carotid stenting or artificial disk replacement, or service, such as hospitalists or a women’s center, is becoming commonplace.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 15
It seems no matter how hard MSPs and medical staff leaders to try communicate important credentialing changes to physicians, a few physicians will inevitably claim they were left out of the loop.
