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Detailed leadership position descriptions open the door to better performance and greater transparency

Medical Staff Briefing, August 1, 2010

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Often, medical staff bylaws describe the processes for nominating, electing, and removing medical staff officers. However, bylaws often lack details new leaders need to know to hit the ground running or experienced leaders need to maintain optimal performance. 

“Most medical staff officers don’t have a clue what the job is before they take it. They consider it an honorary position, but no one considers that it is a job with performance expectations and requirements,” says Jonathan H. Burroughs, MD, MBA, FACPE, CMSL, senior consultant at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., in Marblehead, MA.

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