Address telemedicine, contracted physicians, and advanced practice professionals in medical staff bylaws
Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider, November 1, 2008
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Medical staff bylaws are the blueprint by which your organization delivers the highest-quality patient care. As your facility reviews and amends its bylaws to reflect upcoming changes to The Joint Commission’s leadership and medical staff standards, experts recommend focusing on three critical areas improperly addressed in most facilities’ bylaws. Reviewing these areas at the same time your organization updates bylaws to new regulations will be more efficient than revisiting bylaw revisions on a case-by-case basis.
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