Leadership reviews: Rating department chairs' performance
Medical Staff Briefing, April 1, 2009
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Medical staff leaders' roles have changed dramatically in recent years. Regulators are putting more pressure on hospitals to operate safely and transparently, financial shifts are affecting physician-hospital relationships, and peer review regulations are constantly under scrutiny. "It is no longer adequate to be a caretaker or to serve your turn 'in the box,'" says William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, CMSL, vice president of medical staff services at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA. Most medical staff bylaws include a clause that requires medical staff leaders to attend a minimum number of medical executive, peer review, and credentials committee meetings. However, the medical staff needs to go far beyond meeting attendance to assess leaders' performance.
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