Many medical staffs’ current bylaws were originally written decades ago and are simply amended year after year. Due to their piecemeal creation, such documents may have any number of faults.
Process refers to how the physician delivers care. For example, a good process indicator for a hospital that provides acute myocardial infarction (AMI) services might be the time it takes to begin a catheterization procedure, or the so-called “door-to-wire” time. Why? Because clinical studies...
How do you assess the competence of a practitioner who is clinically active at another facility with very little or no activity in your organization? MSPs see these types of cases all the time when they credential a new practitioner’s request for clinical privileges when that practitioner has...
Granting of a state medical license is seen by many as a government's endorsement of a practitioner’s competence. However, in most states, the requirements for licensure are fairly minimal and largely consist of evidence the practitioner actually went to medical school and engaged in at least...
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