Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures

Medical staffs across the country are discovering their governance documents are inadequate for today’s care environment. These trusted documents...Read More »

New technologies and new subspecialties bring new privileging challenges for organizations.Read More »

Bylaws serve as the governing documents of the medical staff. Bylaws must meet the hospital’s accreditor’s standards, state and federal...Read More »

On September 25, the State of Minnesota District Court, Fifth District, ruled that Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center's...Read More »

On September 25, the State of Minnesota District Court, Fifth Judicial District issued a ruling on the legal effect of medical...Read More »

Pilots are forced to retire at the age of 65. In many states, senior citizen drivers must undergo a road test ­every year to...Read More »

A Louisiana Court of Appeals affirmed and amended a trial court's decision that an Alexandria, La., hospital failed to comply...Read More »

Having personal conversations in the hallways and making fun of other physicians to colleagues were among the most common...Read More »

Only about half of the states consider it unethical and illegal to self-prescribe controlled substances or to prescribe them to family members,...Read More »

Gone are the days when physicians could claim they were board eligible, even if they finished residency ­training 30 years ago....Read More »