Because peer review is a medical staff–led initiative, the specific process varies between organizations. At our hospital, when a practitioner’s...Read More »
As clinic-based provider and hospitalist models have become more prevalent in healthcare, medical staff organizations have been tasked with developing mechanisms in their bylaws that allow clinic practitioners to have some involvement in the care of their patients who are in the hospital without...
This resource provides a great starting point for developing a policy on monitoring sanctions. Users should tailor the general guidelines throughout to their state and bylaws requirements.
This form can be used to document a practitioner’s level of engagement at a facility by assessing not only clinical activity—or lack thereof—but other general competency elements such as patient care (NPDB query) and professionalism (participation in continuing medical education).
This case highlights how an entire organization (i.e., board, medical staff leadership, CEO, attorney) was unclear about the employment/contract...Read More »
There is a declining trend in the number of family medicine (FM) physicians receiving obstetrics privileges nowadays. These providers were once...Read More »
