As more hospitals merge into larger health systems, these systems will have to decide whether to maintain a separate medical staff at each hospital or to merge medical staffs—partially or fully. CMS announced in 2014 that medical staffs in the same health system functioning under a single-system...
Effective meeting management requires diplomacy and proven management techniques. Physician leaders should be well prepared for each meeting, and they should be able to identify reasonable objectives. Meetings should be as brief as possible while still accomplishing objectives.
With 26,735 nurse practitioners (NP), Florida ranks as the state with the highest number of actively licensed NPs. California and Texas round out the top three, with 23,752 and 20,307, respectively. Those threee states are also the most populated ones in the U.S.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 5
Practically every role in a healthcare organization can stand to have a healthy relationship with the IT department. This includes MSPs. In the course of a routine day, MSPs often need to work with IT, or someone familiar with the facility’s IT infrastructure.
While having a sexual harassment policy is necessary if you want to stop this behavior, CEOs often believe (mistakenly) that a good policy and HR department will prevent and mitigate any allegations, says Kate Fenner, PhD, RN, managing director of Compass Clinical Consulting.
Any type of peer review can be daunting for MSPs and physicians alike, and focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) is no exception. In 2008, The Joint Commission (TJC)...
