Medical Staff Leadership and Governance

For more than a century, the primary responsibilities of credentialing and peer review have been delegated to the medical staff. To fulfill this...Read More »

The physician-hospital relationship is more critical today than ever. A hospital’s best...Read More »

Who needs grand rounds? Physicians can just get the information they need from the Internet, right? Not so fast. Grand rounds...Read More »

Medical staff leaders have important roles and responsibilities. When a leader steps into a new role, he or ...Read More »

Does your medical staff charge a reasonable amount for dues? Should the active staff be required to pay dues? Is your medical...Read More »

How do you know whether your medical staff’s age-related credentialing and privileging policy is discriminatory or exhibits favoritism? The answer...Read More »

What’s the difference between a lawyer who represents the hospital and one who represents the medical staff? That’s not the beginning of a joke;...Read More »

Although hospitalists are well aware of their programs’ resource utilization and case...Read More »

This column concludes a series devoted to the many medical staff models that have cropped up in recent years. This series has...Read More »

There are five components of a truly effective medical staff. Last month’s column explored three of the five: culture, collaboration, and...Read More »