A new battleground in privileging "turf wars" is the intensive care unit (ICU). As the acuity of care delivered in hospitals increases, more of it requires sophisticated patient monitoring and frequent intervention. More then four million patients are admitted...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 3
As mentioned in the December 2 issue of this newsletter, Medical Executive Committee Institute participants were nearly unanimous in their perception that the malpractice issue is causing significant difficulty within their hospital and medical staff.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 2
I just returned from the Medical Executive Committee Insitute in Rancho Mirage, CA. The seminar is hosted by The Greeley Company and brings together hospital leaders from around the country.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 3
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is seeking additional input on proposed changes to MS.1.20 in the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals, according to the accreditor's Web site (www.jcaho.org).
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 2
The organized medical staff has its roots in the American College of Surgeons' Hospital Standardization Program, which was established in 1918. As hospitals and their medical staffs approach the centennial year of bylaws, rules and regulations, medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 49
Proactive physician leadership recruitment means finding those physicians on the medical staff who have the ability to leader, but whose latent talents may not have come to the notice of current officers, nominating committees, or hospital administrators.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 49
Proactive physician leadership recruitment means finding those physicians on the medical staff who have the ability to leader, but whose latent talents may not have come to the notice of current officers, nominating committees, or hospital administrators.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 48
When a physician is not granted requested privileges, he or she will often threaten to sue the hospital and its medical staff leaders for restraint of trade or violation of antitrust statues.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 48
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP), a nonprofit, nongovernmental, standard-setting organization, reports that nearly 20% of medication errors recorded in its database involved computerization or automation.
