If the hospital is considering an external peer review, it should share that information with the physician and ask for his or her cooperation. Read more...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 9
When working with your medical staff to better managing your facility's emergency department (ED) on-call coverage challenge, obtain data that illustrates the extent of the problem. One of the principles of fairly sharing the pain of ED call is that physicians whose burden of call is...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 10
It has become a "best practice" for medical staff organizations to formulate in a written position description the essential functions and accountabilities of medical staff leaders, such as president (or chief) of the medical staff, department chair, and others. This is often the case in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 9
In August, Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), in Boston, began writing an Internet Web log ("blog") called "Running a Hospital." Recently, Levy has received a mixture of praise and criticism for publishing hospital infection rates on his blog.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 8
Physician groups looking to expand their outpatient operating facilities are coming up against perceived unfair business competition over certificate of need applications before the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 8
Many medical staff organizations are grappling with the issue of which practitioners should be privileged via the medical staff organization. This is not a simple issue and is complicated by the fact that there is a lot of "folklore" about what is required in this area to meet accreditation...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 7
Physicians with mental and behavioral health problems have a successful rehabilitation rate similar to that found for substance abuse disorders, 74 to 75%, and physicians with these disorders can safely be monitored while continuing to practice medicine, according to a study by the Physician...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 6
It has been my experience that effective, high-performing medical staff organizations have goals. And goals are much more likely to be achieved if all the members of the medical executive committee know what the goals are and are working together to achieve them. Here are some goals that I've...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 5
We recognize that change is not always easy for many individuals who serve as medical staff leaders or who work in medical staff services. What is perceived as good news to the CEO or board may be negatively received by the medical staff professional or the chief of staff. After all, there may...
