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 Digest - Volume 11, Issue 18
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
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,...
For MSPs, starting a new job means learning a new set of medical staff bylaws and processes, finding the way around a new facility, meeting dozens of medical staff members, and navigating a new social and political atmosphere. If that wasn't harrowing enough, most medical staff...
