Your organization should assess bylaws on an annual basis and whenever a regulatory body introduces a new standard or makes changes to an existing...Read More »
Peer review, quality, and patient safety—the literature on these topics could fill a small library. However, the role of the medical executive...Read More »
Medical staff service professionals and hospital leaders have long asked what is reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) when...Read More »
Remember way back to mid-November when you were counting the days until the beginning of the next medical staff calendar year? Well, the New Year...Read More »
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit involving Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), the teaching hospital of the Yale School...Read More »
There are many positives to the judicious use of social media in medicine, and the future will open many more possibilities. The risks, however,...Read More »
When reviewing your team’s application process, consider where problems often arise that slow down the processing time. Some delays are due to staffing issues in the medical staff services department that can inhibit timely processing and hinder medical staff department chairs’ ability to review...
The American Hospital Association is supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare personnel. It is also offering hospitals and health...Read More »
Understand the circumstances under which the peer review committee typically recommends external peer review to the medical executive committee (...Read More »
