There are going to be trade-offs with any age thresholds that are set — start too early and do lots of testing that turns out to be unnecessary, start too late and miss some physicians whose competence has declined — but we can't let this difficulty keep us from moving forward.
If your organization is struggling to get physicians to take ED call, you are not alone.
“In the last 3 years, Greeley has worked with 700-plus hospitals and healthcare systems all around the country, all sizes and complexities. The most challenging, difficult project we ever work on is...
“The difficulty with local peer review is that there is the possibility that a group of young surgeons may have an incentive to declare an older surgeon is no longer capable. While I personally feel this is unlikely, the potential is a real concern for older surgeons.”
"Privileging APPs: Issues and Solutions" is now available to Platinum Plus members of the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC)! Click here to access this new release directly through the CRC...
The committee structure within a department performs important functions that can be used to address both patient care and general business issues in an organized fashion. Committees should reflect a department’s well-organized approach to address issues.
Although not a new issue, with changes in lifestyle and practice, increased burnout, and staying in practice at later ages, physicians no longer want to spend one in three nights in the hospital. Medical Staff Briefing talked to medical staff experts to get solutions to...
