Medscape recently released its 2016 Physician Compensation Report. For the second year in a row, orthopedics came in as the specialty with the highest average salary at $443,000 and cardiology came in at No. 2, with a salary of $410,000. The top earners across all...
This week’s free resource is a sample bureaucracy index report from The Medical Staff Leader’s Survival Guide. The report is designed to give a snapshot to your medical staff of the actual medical staff...
All too often, time-strapped physician leaders are not provided with targeted training before taking up the mantle of medical staff governance. The Medical Executive Committee Manual fills...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 14
A report issued by the Office of the Inspector General found that less than a quarter of federal prisons have adequate medical staffs. Staffing at 12 institutions are at a “crisis level” for staffing. In 2014, bureau-run prisons employed 3,215 healthcare professionals, 17 percent fewer than the...
Failure to hold the medical staff accountable for unprofessional behavior may have catastrophic consequences for patients. On July 9, 2008, The Joint Commission issued sentinel event #40, “Behaviors that undermine a culture of safety.” This led to the development of a leadership standard (LD.03....
