Medical Staff Leadership and Governance

Better Times Hospital is in crisis. The medical staff is deeply rooted in a departmental structure that relies heavily on committees,...Read More »

If you took on a new job, you’d expect your employer to tell you what your duties entailed, what time to show up, and how “good performance” is...Read More »

Whenever medical staff leaders discuss medical staff engagement and alignment, talk of money isn’t far behind. Whereas 30 years ago, serving in a...Read More »

Today, the medical staff president, hospital CEO, and board chair of Better Times Hospital are meeting to discuss a recent...Read More »

The medical executive committee (MEC) at Better Times Hospital has proportional representation. Many years ago (no one is sure...Read More »

There was a time when medical staff standards seemed simpler and they were all located in one place: the Medical Staff chapter of...Read More »

Let's be honest-in the past, physicians at some organizations secured access to new devices and technologies by putting pressure...Read More »

My first consulting assignment involved a surgeon on a small medical staff with chronic depression. He would experience meltdowns...Read More »

When you attend conferences focused on medical staff services issues, you may come home eager to implement a new strategy or...Read More »

Last month, we discussed how the medical staff leadership can build bridges between themselves and the medical staff members to...Read More »