Continuing to provide medical care for critically ill and displaced patients during a disaster scenario, such as those experienced along the Gulf Coast during Katrina and Rita, requires logistical and tactical training and preparedness for circumstances such as loss of power, water, sanitation,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 38
A consent agenda is a tool that can be used to save meeting time and to help assure that committee time is spent on items that require discussion. Consent agendas expedite approval of routine, non-controversial business brought before the committee. The use of a consent agenda places...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 37
We are going to spend the next few issues of MS Leader Connection discussing the topic of how to have great Medical Executive Committee (MEC) meetings. And the good news is that the principles that are used to make MEC meetings efficient and productive can be applied to other medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 37
Quality reporting programs such as those mandated by the JCAHO and CMS play "complementary roles in encouraging quality improvement but are poorly coordinated and command sizeable resources," mainly due to the lack of adequate information technology (IT), according to a study published in the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 36
Primary care is facing "a confluence of factors that could spell disaster," including inadequate reimbursement, uneven quality of care, and a drop-off in the number of generalists graduating from U.S. medical schools, according to an editorial published in the August 31 issue of the New England...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 35
There are large differences in the number and distribution of physicians identified as pediatric cardiologists in the datasets of the AMA Masterfile and the roster of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), according to a study published in the September issue of Academic Medicine. Use of such...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 35
Arguably, culture drives behavior and behavior drives results. Therefore, to achieve a truly effective medical staff, physician leaders must proactively mold and lead the medical staff culture so that it simultaneously drives the desired results of physician success and hospital success.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 34
Assuming a leadership position has its burdens, as anyone involved heavily in medical staff affairs will readily attest. It is important to be frank and open with physician recruits about the challenges and risks inherent in leadership roles. Clearly articulating these concerns helps new and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 7, Issue 34
Pediatric physicians at a children's hospital in Denver lack knowledge of basic requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires hospitals participating in Medicare to treat emergency department patients regardless of their ability to pay, according...
