The Joint Commission recently made changes to three Medical Staff chapter requirements. Two elements of performance (EP) have been revised and one has been deleted, effective as of July 1. In this article, CRCJ will focus on the changes from MS.06.01.05, EP 11 regarding where to include language...
Physicians are busy people; although they’re required to attend many meetings, leaders should make attendance worth their while. To encourage better meeting attendance, consider the following advice:
Violence against healthcare workers still persists, despite many efforts to combat it. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the incidence of violence-related healthcare worker injuries has steadily increased for at least a decade. And in 2018, healthcare and social service workers...
The American Association of Physician Assistants is making plans to change the title of the profession to "physician associate" after its House of Delegates passed a resolution in May.
The American Hospital Association is supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare personnel. It is also offering hospitals and health systems public service announcements and other resource materials as a way to keep up the push to get more shots into arms in the face of the evolving...
