Employed physicians as medical staff members

The ease of your credentialing process will either attract physicians or send them running, says William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE. The structure of separate departments for physician recruiting, human resources, physician practice management, medical staff services, and physician billing is quite common. Often, they exist in isolated silos. They don't communicate well, if at all. And they are frequently at odds with each other over priorities and timetables. There is little understanding of what each party needs to succeed. This knowledge deficit combined with suboptimal communication is a sure-fire recipe for disaster. Viewed through the eyes of the employed physician candidate, it gives rise to a fundamental lack of faith in the ability for the organization to do anything correctly, including patient care. After all, if the hospital can't get this right, how can it possibly coordinate complex healthcare delivery?

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