Almost every hospital employs physicians and expects to employ more in the future. Many hospitals have established service lines, and some of these have morphed into service line comanagement arrangements. Many hospitals have turned to more traditional business arrangements,...
A Louisiana Court of Appeals affirmed and amended a trial court's decision that an Alexandria, La., hospital failed to comply with its own bylaws in suspending a cardiovascular surgeon and performed its peer review process with malice.
Having personal conversations in the hallways and making fun of other physicians to colleagues were among the most common unprofessional behaviors identified by hospitalists in a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine in May. The 77 participating hospitalists...
In the past few years there has been a clear transition within the healthcare landscape. Regulatory and accreditation organizations are placing much more focus on quality and patient safety. The recent ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable...
The guiding coalition at Better Times Hospital has revisited its original proposition, called 3-6-9. The original vision included three medical staff committees (the medical executive committee [MEC], credentials committee, and a single multispecialty peer review committee); six...
Back in the "old days," physicians who practiced in the community also practiced in the hospital, so defining who belonged in the active category was a breeze. But with the advent of hospitalists, medical staff categories have blurred, and it's beginning to affect which...
