Hospitals and health systems are increasingly interested in designing and implementing clinical specialty service lines. Clinical service lines are designed to cut across organizational and disciplinary boundaries to organize patient care around one of the following:
• Specific diseases,...
Do your hospital governing board members understand why peer review is such a contentious issue among physicians? Can they map out the credentialing process? Have they read the medical staff bylaws? For many hospitals, the answer to these questions is “no,”
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 2
Although MSPs may not have the largest role to play in a practitioner’s road to recovery, knowing the organization’s substance abuse policies provides a sense of stability during a difficult time.
Hospitals often find that the people who have the experience and expertise to assist with high-stakes projects are not at the table because they aren’t in medical staff leadership positions, either by choice or because of the democratic nature of MEC elections. This problem can be alleviated by...
Minute taking is an art. Too little information in meeting minutes may result in inadequate documentation, whereas too much information can become fodder for plaintiff’s attorneys if the minutes become subject to discovery during litigation.
Community hospitals don’t have to invite physicians to be owners to reap the benefits of physician-hospital alignment, quality patient care, and cost savings that physician-owned facilities experience.
