Establish early in your focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) policy which committee or individuals from your medical staff are responsible for this process. Although the medical staff office or the quality department may administer the FPPE program, the medical staff should be held...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 44
Dear medical staff leader:
How many hours has your medical executive committee (MEC) spent discussing professional conduct, emergency department call coverage, or medical records completion? Or the practitioner’s actions that fall below the expectations established by the medical staff and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 43
The number of privileging disputes occurring in hospitals is growing rapidly. It’s easy to understand this trend if you examine how medicine has evolved. In the ’good old days,’ physicians of all specialties had defined areas of turf on the playing field and specialties didn’t cross those...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 43
Dear medical Staff leader:
Today’s medical staff leaders are encountering many challenges, but one of the most difficult-and one we have been least trained to meet-is confronting other practitioners about issues concerning clinical competence, behavior, responsibilities, or ethics.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 43
Decision-making is the essence of an effective group. Meetings usually include action items that call for group decision-making. Some action items require creativity and brainstorming, while others require more forceful negotiation and trade-offs.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 8, Issue 42
Medical staff leaders need to communicate with multiple stakeholders-the medical staff, the hospital administration, the governing board, and the community. A comprehensive communication plan must include multiple modalities, approaches, and channels to communication.
