Advanced practice professionals (APP) can bring valuable insight to medical staff committee roles and reduce the pressure on physician leaders to take on more than they can chew.
Daily news reports highlight the growing need for increased medical care of the Baby Boomer generation. Within your medical staff community though, the discussion is probably not focused on the Baby Boomers as patients, but rather as the ones providing the care.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 5
In the case of Figueroa v. Hynes, the Fifth District Appellate Court of Florida recently upheld a trial court’s decision that a meeting of the medical executive committee (MEC) at Holmes Regional Medical Center (HRMC) in Melbourne, Florida was protected by the state’s peer review...
Most hospitals explicitly agree to indemnify medical staff members for performing peer review work on behalf of the institution. This indemnification covers the legal expenses of the proctor should he or she be named in a lawsuit, and it typically covers any judgment against the proctor as long...
As the governing documents of your medical staff, bylaws must not only meet your medical staff’s needs but also your hospital’s accreditor’s standards, and state and federal regulations.The...
