Policies and procedures should be clear, easy to follow, efficient, and effective. Streamlined bylaws make it especially important for medical staffs to have a strong set of policies and procedures governing physician expectations and behaviors.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 38
The title of doctor is no longer reserved for physicians, as nurses, physical therapists, and pharmacists head back to school to earn a doctorate degree in their fields, and with it, the prefix accompanying their name. As more healthcare professions earn doctorate...
Last month, we discussed having a comprehensive communication plan that allows the medical staff to communicate with all of its members efficiently and effectively by color-coding correspondence. Although critical to the medical staff's relationship with its physicians, a...
Much of credentialing and privileging is fraught with potential missteps and legal peril. If the granting of privileges is done poorly, the patient is put at risk, and from a broader point of view, the organization is also at risk from legal fallout that results from pa-tient...
Last month, we tested medical staff leaders' peer review knowledge. This month's quiz focuses on leadership issues that any medical staff leader or physician executive should have a firm grasp on. Take this quiz to your next medical executive committee or general medical staff...
![http://ezines.hcpro.com/images/Greeley-HCPro_logo.gif"](http://ezines.hcpro.com/images/Greeley-HCPro_logo.gif"){kind=link}