Medical Staff Services Department

With the proliferation of online review sites and message boards, it's become increasingly commonplace for patients to post their...Read More »

Go back in time to the months leading up to your hospital's last survey--how were you preparing? I have no doubt that you were...Read More »

When hospitals acquire practices and clinics, the medical staff services department (MSSD) faces credentialing and privileging questions. Will...Read More »

More than 90% of nurses and physicians got their shots last season, according to the U.S. Centers for Diesease Control and Prevention (CDC). In...Read More »

A couple of weeks ago I asked readers whether they thought about work during...Read More »

Medical staffs across the country have found that establishing their own private treasury accounts funded by staff dues and application/...Read More »

Autopsy is a core privilege for pathologists, but because few pathologists perform the procedure in hospitals, this doesn't usually present a...Read More »

As medical staff leaders struggle to motivate physicians to fulfill their proctoring obligations, some have considered offering...Read More »

"Let me tell you about how a picture is worth a thousand words."Read More »

The national rate of physician turnover held steady at just under 7% during the past two years, but the number of physicians who retired from...Read More »