Whether you’re on your own in the medical staff office (MSO) or you manage other staff members, you may find that some tasks are more appropriately accomplished in other departments or by a member of your MSO staff other than yourself. The inability to delegate can be one of the greatest drains...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 20
Unlike the first seven standards, EC.9.10 does not require a written management plan. Therefore, it is often overlooked. This can easily get a hospital in trouble because Joint Commission surveyors will ask just as many questions about EC.9.10 as they will about the first seven standards. In...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 19
The answer to this question is based on a number of factors, including to what degree your medical staff culture will even allow physicians to be paid for administrative tasks.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 19
Dealing with a disruptive physician is difficult enough when you have time to plan for an intervention and have others to help you. But what can you do when you are confronted by a disruptive physician during a committee meeting?