Today's Quick Tip comes from Credentialing A to Z, a new book that offers spot training, answers frequently asked questions, includes sample forms, and provides quizzes for all levels of medical staff service. Knowing what...
Medical staff governance means more than drafting bylaws and amending policies. It can also require leaders to address colleagues' unprofessional behavior. Help with this thorny issue can be found in Managing Problem Practitioners: A Leadership Guide to Dealing With Impaired, Disruptive,...
This week's CRC Daily topic, medical staff governance, is an area where MSPs' knowledge of both medical staff bylaws and accreditors' requirements makes them a valuable resource for their organization. Below is a recent Medical Staff Briefing column addressing impaired and...
"NPs and PAs are here to stay. We need to bring them to the table; they have a pivotal role in providing healthcare here at the hospital," says Cindy Radcliffe, CPMSM, director of medical staff services at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, California. It was with this...
Unprofessional or abusive behavior by residency program faculty toward residents has the capacity to disrupt an entire program if left unaddressed. Unfortunately, for any number of reasons, some programs allow this disruptive behavior to persist, leaving residents to shoulder the burden....
Patricia Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, tackle the issues medical staffs must be aware of regarding new reporting requirements. The updated National Practitioner Data Bank Guidebook was released on April 6, 2015. This is the first...
