Member rights is a logical starting point for the bylaws. The most fundamental rights accorded members of the medical staff relate to the due process they are provided if the medical executive committee (MEC) recommends that corrective action. Corrective action is defined as the termination of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 6
Employing physicians can have many benefits for both physicians and organizations, which is why this option is becoming more popular. But have you thought about how it can also benefit patients and care as well? However, before your organization can achieve patient, staff, and physician...
Between social distancing, event cancellations, and stay-at-home orders, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has rendered our society’s day-to-day nearly unrecognizable. We order takeout in lieu of going out to a sit-down restaurant, we don masks and rubber gloves to do our weekly grocery shopping...
Yale New Haven Hospital has developed a two-step assessment process for all clinicians who are at least 70 years old and seeking reappointment to the medical staff
The bedrock of the medical staff due process manual is a federal statute named the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA). As with many laws and statutes, a specific case triggered HCQIA. The story is worth repeating as it highlights what constitutes good-faith and bad-faith peer...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 5
Communication is the establishment of a relationship where one person’s actions, thoughts, feelings, or intentions prompt a response by another person. When we present information to a committee, we are attempting to transmit the information as well as receive a response in return. A lack of...