The new chief medical officer (CMO) of two New Jersey hospitals says the coronavirus pandemic has left an indelible mark on the practice of...Read More »
At minimum, a referring provider expects the hospitalist to provide notification on admission of his or her patient to the hospital, updates that...Read More »
A key element that bylaws should address is the rights and due process that are to be afforded to medical staff members. This section could begin with a statement of member rights followed by an outline of initial collegial intervention and a progressive description of next steps when current...
Member rights is a logical starting point for the bylaws. The most fundamental rights accorded members of the medical staff relate to the due...Read More »
Every physician has stress, but today’s physicians may have even more stress than when they started practicing. Along with newer pressures in...Read More »
Yale New Haven Hospital has developed a two-step assessment process for all clinicians who are at least 70 years old and seeking reappointment to...Read More »
Overall wellness can be thought of as a wheel made up of different components, such as physical, mental, social, and psychological health. In an...Read More »
A powerful tool for managing physician performance is the physician performance pyramid that was developed by the late Howard Kirz, MD, at the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound. Kirz for many years participated in teaching the “Managing Physician Performance in Organizations” course at the...
This article was orginally published in November 2018 and discusses the different signs of burnout, depression, and risk of suicide. As many...Read More »
