Governance Institute releases findings of medical staff structure survey

The Governance Institute's members had questions about medical staff structure. To get answers to those questions, Hugh Greeley, a faculty member of The Governance Institute and founder of The Greeley Company, launched a survey that was sent to all organization members.

According to the survey's results

• the categories of medical staff membership most frequently noted by respondents include active (100%), consulting (76.5%), and courtesy (75.7%)
• 80% of respondents have more than six medical staff committees
• 82% have fewer than 11 medical staff departments
• 73% reported that medical staff departments meet at least quarterly