Last night I had the pleasure of working with a group of bright PhDs, MDs, faculty, and staff of a major college. The conversation turned to the need for social space for students and faculty. Many of the discussion participants pointed out that social space is...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 42
This letter is in response to the many requests I've received for a definition of "antitrust." These request are likely the result of the an August 28, 2004 district court jury decision to order Dallas-based Presbyterian Hospital to pay $161 million in damages...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 41
Ask a fellow physician leader what his or her job is, and you might get a blank stare. Eventually a vague description may follow such as, "Leading the medical staff," or "Running the department." Is it any wonder that some physicians perform their leadership roles poorly? We haven't taken the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 41
If you weren't already confused, the JCAHO on October 21 released its third clarification within the last 10 months on its bylaws requirement standard MS.1.20.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 40
The majority of patients crowding emergency departments in hospitals cross the country are not poor and uninsured, according to a report recently published by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 39
People say only two things in life are inevitable: death and taxes. But for those in medical leadership, there is a third--regulatory compliance. Healthcare is certainly one of society's most heavily regulated industries.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 40
Does your medical executive committee (MEC) suffer through long meetings, unproductive diatribes, filibusters, broken records (i.e., bringing up the same old issues and rehashing them over and over), and complaints from members that the meetings are just too...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 39
Does your medical executive committee (MEC) suffer through long meetings, unproductive diatribes, filibusters, broken records (i.e., bringing up the same old issues and rehashing them over and over), and complaints from members that the meetings are just too long?
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 38
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law two healthcare-related bills (S.B. 1325 and S.B. 1456) that spell out the self-governing status of hospital medical staffs.
