Over the years, specialty boards, despite the fact that they themselves often discuss the content of their examinations on their own websites and even offer a range of paid proprietary test-prep courses, have increased their efforts to go after practicing physicians who may or may not have...
ECRI, a long-standing patient safety organization in Pennsylvania, has listed verbal and physical violence against healthcare staff as its second-most important patient safety concern for 2023.
As a medical staff leader, it is important to understand from the start that the days of a medical staff secretary in a medical staff office are history. It is true that in years past, the work was primarily clerical and secretarial. However, as healthcare has evolved and grown in complexity, so...
This is the latest in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, Greeley and Williams discuss succession. No, not the HBO show.
The governing board of a hospital is fiscally responsible for the financial well being of the organization. They also are ultimately responsible for the credentialing and privileging of all practitioners in the organization and for monitoring the quality of care these practitioners provide....
Granting a physician a leadership title does not make him or her a leader. However, an individual who is selected or elected to be a department chair, medical staff officer, or committee chair is expected to provide significant leadership. But leadership entails more than chairing a meeting,...
