Because it is difficult to have all clinical areas represented in a well-functioning committee, it is best to have a core committee that maintains the following representation, but does not exceed 15-20 standing members.
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a hospital is not precluded from making claims of immunity and reversed a trial court's decision that awarded a physician punitive damages following the suspension of the physician's medical staff privileges.
Peer review is intended to maintain a standard of quality within a healthcare institution by identifying any issues among physicians and addressing them accordingly. Hospitals aim to resolve any concerns before the issues result in an adverse recommendation affecting clinical...
The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's dismissal of a physician's claims against a hospital following the suspension and revocation of the physician's privileges.
It's no secret that as we get older we start to lose some of our mental and physical abilities. For some, it starts with short-term memory. For others, diseases like Parkinson's rob us of our physical faculties.
Physicians and surgeons are not immune from this...
Change never really ends. Medical staff members, leaders, and hospital administrators at Better Times Hospital learned many valuable lessons from the medical staff governance change initiative, including the following...
