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...
A medical staff's peer review process doesn't have to be down in the dumps before it considers a redesign. Unlike many hospitals that revamp their peer review processes to overcome sour medical staff politics, a punitive culture, and gross miscommunications, Providence Hospital and...
There is no magic formula to help hospitals determine which leaders to compensate and how much. One facility could compensate the medical staff president $50,000 per year but not compensate any other leaders. Another facility could compensate the medical staff president $30,000 per...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 5
I’m sitting in my office, head in one hand, mocha in the other, trying to fulfill the request for privileging criteria, P&P, and an introduction letter to our medical staff for a procedure that is new to our facility and quite the stranger to me. The feeling of being stranded on a remote...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 5
After breathing a sigh of relief that your survey is over and before starting preparations for the next one, it’s important for the medical staff to recap their survey experience. This evaluative step allows medical staffs to gain a deeper understanding of where their organization falls on the...
