In the news: Want to improve quality? Start by getting physicians involved.
Medical Staff Leader Connection, October 28, 2009
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Medical Staff Leader Connection!
It’s no secret that physicians are increasingly disengaged from hospital happenings, and that may be affecting hospitals’ quality improvement projects, according to a new study from The Center for Studying Health System Change, a policy research organization in Washington, D.C. The study suggests several possible solutions, such as motivating physicians with data, gaining support through strong medical staff leadership, and employing physicians.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Medical Staff Leader Connection!
Related Products
-
Scheduling Strategies: Making Physicians More Productive
Learn how to add patients to your schedule without sacrificing patient care - or your time away from the office!
-
A Practical Guide to Preventing and Solving Disruptive Physician Behavior
Disruptive physician behavior negatively affects the normal operations of your hospital and causes distress among your...
-
The Medical Executive Committee Handbook, Third Edition
Updated to reflect the new 2007 Joint Commission standards, this best-selling resource offers practical tools and strategies...
-
Medical Staff Leaders' Practical Guide, Sixth Edition
Written by experienced medical staff leaders currently working in hospitals, The Medical Staff Leaders' Practical Guide...
-
Medical Staff Briefing
This monthly resource acts as a support system by providing time-saving tools, expert advice, and analyses to help you...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Billing telemetry daily monitoring
- Credentialing monthly: What is the role of the credentials committee in addressing unprofessional conduct?
- 2010 ICD-9 code updates now available online
- Master modifiers to ensure accurate reimbursement
- H1N1 hits Maine facility
- Radiologist indicted for fraudulently signing reports
- Don’t be scared into silence: Affiliation letter safeguards allow you to disclose more
- National Quality Forum creates standardized set of data for electronic health records
- New report reveals $47 billion in Medicare fraud
- Understand the H1N1 Flu and how to code it
- E-mailed
-
- Credentialing monthly: What is the role of the credentials committee in addressing unprofessional conduct?
- Q/A: Billing telemetry daily monitoring
- Radiologist indicted for fraudulently signing reports
- H1N1 hits Maine facility
- New report reveals $47 billion in Medicare fraud
- Revised MS.1.20 'huge improvement', out for comment again
- Briefings on Outpatient Rehab Reimbursement and Regulations, December 2009
- Hand hygiene rates improved through variety of reinforcement styles
- Press Ganey report: Patient satisfaction increasing across the country
- Residency Program Alert, December 2009
- Searched