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 »
Hospitals with well-defined leadership selection criteria that establish a physician’s eligibility to run for office are more likely to elect well...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 »
This bylaws language is an excerpt from the Massachusetts Medical Society Model Medical Staff Bylaws pertaining to notice of NPDB reportability. It was shared with CRCJ by Libby A. Snelson, Esq., legal counsel for the Medical Staff, PLLC.
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) was created to help hospitals vet physicians and keep problem physicians from traveling from hospital...Read More »
As more hospitals merge into larger health systems, these systems will have to decide whether to maintain a separate medical staff at each...Read More »