There should be very few times when a medical staff needs to deny an application for privileges. For the most part, the physician and other LIP...Read More »
Medical staffs have various documents that address how they self-govern themselves. All medical staffs are required to have medical staff bylaws....Read More »
When vetting practitioner credentials through state medical boards, it’s important to understand this guiding principle: Each state medical board...Read More »
Medical errors can be devastating. For patients and their families, an error can be a life-altering or even fatal event. But for physicians and...Read More »
The story regarding Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) and late-stage physicians carries on in the legal arena. In February 2020, the U.S. Equal...Read More »
Erin Muellenberg is a former medical staff services director in a large community-based hospital and now serves as a healthcare attorney for...Read More »
Once your organization establishes the overall framework of its general policy on who will be allowed to provide allied health care and on the...Read More »
The Biden administration issued an emergency regulation in November 2021 requiring COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers at facilities that...Read More »
The steps of an intervention with a physician who has been regularly preforming poorly will vary depending on the circumstances. However, there...Read More »
