There is no prescribed format for creating medical staff bylaws and associated documents. Laws, regulations, and accreditation standards require medical staffs to address certain issues in the bylaws. How these issues are organized and addressed, however, is up to each medical staff. Medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 5
Per most states’ hospital licensure requirements, medical staff membership and clinical privileges are granted through processes outlined by the hospital’s medical staff bylaws. Those bylaws define the requirements for staff membership and delineation of clinical privileges. They also provide...
For many people, regardless of career, the thought of professional writing or public speaking can be daunting. Whether it be stage fright, writer’s block, or something else entirely, people have a multitude of reasons for rejecting opportunities to write for publication or speak at an engagement...
At the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the burnout rate in the internal medicine division is approximately 13%, which is significantly lower than the burnout rate in other University of Alabama divisions. Researchers believe this may be a direct result of increased autonomy and...
For better or worse, the number of physicians employed by hospitals or health systems is skyrocketing. Depending on the culture of your organization, employed physicians may be welcomed as a valuable asset consisting of capable individuals able to help the medical staff carry out its board-...
