This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 18
Congratulations to the April Greeley Medical Staff Institute Symposium contest winner, Melinda Seibert, medical staff coordinator at West Valley Hospital! Melinda developed a one-page tool to be used during reappointment for the medical executive committee.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 18
The most common use of an administrative time out is to address repeated episodes of unprofessional conduct that occur after the medical staff’s efforts to intervene collegially have failed.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 5
Hospital leaders wouldn't think to ask a private practice physician to work in the hallway—an office is non-negotiable. Yet, hospitals frequently ask hospitalists to do just that. Anecdotal evidence suggests that few hospitals have allotted appropriate office space for hospitalist...
As we mentioned in last month's column, an increasing number of hospitals are choosing to employ physicians. Unfortunately, many organizations have a shotgun approach to employment and hire any physician who qualifies for medical staff membership and clinical privileges. Or worse,...
