Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has recently settled with Dennis Burke, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who was fired in 2015 for allegedly...Read More »
Over time, it has become common for many medical staff governance decisions to set precedents for the future. Although not required by any...Read More »
Precisely at the time that hospitals need engaged medical staff leaders, physician interest in undertaking these endeavors is rapidly waning. In...Read More »
Although the peer review coordinator is involved throughout the case review process, the coordinator has the primary responsibility at the...Read More »
A California Court of Appeals for Division Seven of the Second Appellate District reversed and remanded with directions a trial court’s decision,...Read More »
Granting a practitioner a leadership title does not make him or her a leader. However, an individual who is selected or elected to be a department...Read More »
The Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) team is going to the NAMSS Conference! Stop by Booth 213 to peruse the latest and greatest HCPro medical...Read More »
Unsurprisingly, integrating medical staffs across multiple hospitals in a system has numerous effects on the culture within each individual...Read More »
Medical staff officers have the responsibility to govern and oversee the administrative functions of the medical staff. In the past, the office of...Read More »
Effective meeting management is the result of a skillful blending of diplomacy and proven management skills and techniques. For each meeting, physician leaders should be well prepared and identify reasonable objectives and emphasize the importance of the committee or department’s contributions...
