Organizing medical staff members into specialty-based departments may make sense for large organizations. But for smaller hospitals, service lines built around a shared purpose--pediatric care or surgery, for example--can engender interdisciplinary collaboration, positive outcomes, and patient...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 5
Last month, Rosemary Dragon, CPMSM, CPCS, medical staff coordinator of OrthoColorado Hospital/St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, shared strategies for fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in new practitioner orientation. This month, she's back with advice on tackling practical...
In today’s culture of consolidation, medical staff offices should ready their bylaws for a merger long before a deal is underway, or even a blip on the executive team’s strategic radar.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 13
Newly released! The rate of employed physicians in the United States is on the rise and shows no sign of slowing. Employed physicians are subject to medical staff processes as well as human resources/employment processes. This can lead to employed physicians slipping through the cracks or...
This week’s free resource is a sample bureaucracy index report from The Medical Staff Leader’s Survival Guide. The report is designed to give a snapshot to your medical staff of the actual medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
Clinician shortages are gaining ground across the country, adding new urgency to a long-standing pursuit in the medical staff services department (MSSD): striking the ideal balance between quality and efficiency.
