September was National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, with September 17 being designated annually as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. The day serves as a reminder that the rate of suicide among physicians remains high, especially in comparison to other professions and the...
With the increasing demands of the healthcare profession, there's a pressing need to ensure that those at the forefront of patient care are themselves taken care of. AdventHealth, a faith-based healthcare system, has prided itself in this movement, championing a holistic approach to the well-...
This is the latest in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, Greeley and Williams discuss a possibly problematic situation that can arise during a merger when tensions are already running high.
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.