Hospitals can be very dangerous places for patients, according to a KevinMD blog post by Robert Pearl, MD, earlier this week. Pearl outlined four risks that hospitals pose, along with their causes and possible solutions that could save lives. The risks are: psychological harm, physical harm,...
Care coordination, focus on quality demand changes in medical staff processes
Editor’s note: Redesigning medical staff processes takes an organizationwide effort, and the medical staff services department will play a critical role in...
There is great truth in the old axiom that “Culture eats strategy for lunch every day of the week.” What is your medical staff and hospital culture? The answer is more important than you think. The true measure of an organization’s culture is how people actually behave within the organization....
Physician re-entry is problematic for physicians who leave practice with every intention of coming back—even more so for those who thought they’d walked away for good. However, there are steps physicians can take to help them navigate the re-entry process and get back to practice.
MSPs’ knowledgable, ongoing and dedicated support of their organization’s credentialing committee is an essential element in the overall effectiveness of the committee function. When information is completely and consistently provided to ensure an informed credentialing decision, the...
Too many hospitals and healthcare leaders experience serious safety failures as routine and inevitable parts of daily work, according to an article published in the September 2013 issue of The Milbank Quarterly. In the article, authors Mark R. Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, president and...
