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....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
It's been more than two decades since William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, teamed up with a vascular surgeon and four MSPs to develop a comprehensive set of medical staff bylaws in 90 days, but it's an experience he won't soon forget.
