Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures

In addition to requiring competency information from practitioners, organizations should develop a policy and procedures specifying which data...Read More »

Is it time to rework your medical staff bylaws? Take a tip from this list of "indicators" from ...Read More »

A hospital may require an application to submit a written request or complete a pre-application, although many medical staffs have discontinued...Read More »

Today’s free resource is a crosswalk from...Read More »

The federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) was passed by Congress to extend immunity to good faith peer review of physicians...Read More »

Physician groups are hailing the recent ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court that found a hospital's medical staff has the legal...Read More »

Knowing your role in medical staff actions can relieve stress during tough timesRead More »

This week’s featured news items cover medical staff bylaws, employed physicians, hospital-owned clinics, and nurse practitioners—and also...Read More »

During a recent webcast, "Medical Staff Governance Documents: The Increasing Importance of Contemporary Bylaws," Todd Sagin, MD, JD,...Read More »

Clinical contracts present numerous challenges for a hospital and its medical staff, which begin even before the contract is executed. The...Read More »