“Conservative estimates suggest that 30% of all healthcare spending nationwide—roughly $600 billion annually—could be eliminated without any decrease in healthcare quality. This research is important, because it suggests that fractured patient care is related to this massive amount of overuse...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 27
A few of the articles in this week’s Medical Staff Leader Insider address issues that may or may not increase patient risk. One addresses whether low-volume providers and hospitals put patients at greater risk when performing procedures they rarely perform. The...
Q: We are a system of multiple hospitals, and each has its own medical staff bylaws. Is it advisable to allow individual hospital medical staff policies if our organization is trying to develop consistency across all hospitals? Or is it acceptable and recommended to have separate bylaws...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 27
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the University of Michigan all plan to implement minimum volume standards on 10 procedures that are proven to be riskier when performed infrequently. The move comes after a report released by U.S. News & World Report which found...
Bylaws serve as the governing documents of the medical staff and must meet the hospital’s accreditor’s standards, state and federal regulations, and the needs of the hospital’s medical staff. The Guide to Medical Staff...
Facilities seeking competency data may need to amend their policies or medical staff bylaws. These samples can be customized for most facilities, but consult with counsel first.
