Medical Staff Articles by Topic: Medical Staff Bylaws
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 6, February 9, 2012
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 5, February 2, 2012
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 5, February 2, 2012
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) recently made changes to its Maintenance of...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 5, February 2, 2012
At some point during their tenure, physician leaders will be faced with the tough decision of...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 5, February 2, 2012
Medical staffs should include a provision in the bylaws stating that if there is a contractual...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 5, February 2, 2012
Create strategic solutions to privileging low- and no-volume practitioners with advice from two...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 4, January 26, 2012
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 4, January 26, 2012
William F. Mills, M.D., MMM, CPE, FAAFP, CMSL, senior vice president of quality and professional...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 4, January 26, 2012
Improved understanding and more involvement in care; these are two reasons patients would like...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 3, January 19, 2012
This weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 3, January 19, 2012
Integrating physicians, compensation, and trust are the three most challenging areas for healthcare...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 3, January 19, 2012
Older physician’s assistants (PA) are more likely to work in primary care in a non-urban...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 3, January 19, 2012
Although it is tempting to base a hospitalist’s compensation on productivity, doing so can...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 48, December 22, 2011
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 48, December 22, 2011
Are physicians’ salaries affecting the rising cost of healthcare? What are the consequences...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 48, December 22, 2011
When it comes to healthcare reform, physicians are torn on whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 48, December 22, 2011
Physician leaders need to be recognized and rewarded for the work they do as physician leaders...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, December 8, 2011
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, December 8, 2011
At times, administrators or physicians may pressure an MSP to cut corners or overlook certain...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, December 8, 2011
Hospitalists become more popular by the day as hospital administrators look to fill the void left...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, December 8, 2011
Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Interdisciplinary Simulation Center puts medical staff members in...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 45, December 1, 2011
A progressive approach is to pay medical staff leadership based on the accomplishments of key goals...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 45, December 1, 2011
Physicians are heading back to school to learn a new skill: cooking healthy meals. In an effort to...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 45, December 1, 2011
Having all documents related to physician performance in one easy-to-find spot may take a lot of...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 44, November 17, 2011
The stakeholders who select the indicators for the OPPE program should also select the thresholds.
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 44, November 17, 2011
Palliative care is becoming more popular as patients are able to live longer with serious...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 44, November 17, 2011
The Joint Commission (TJC) will no longer use the term “disruptive behavior” in its...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 43, November 10, 2011
Richard Rohr, MD, MMM, FACP, says there is nothing to lose and much to gain from physicians making...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 43, November 10, 2011
Have you ever stopped to think about how your hospital would operate if the MSSD no longer existed...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 43, November 10, 2011
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 43, November 10, 2011
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 42, November 3, 2011
In 2001, only 3% of graduating residents were interested in hospital employment, according to a...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 42, November 3, 2011
Rather than using the terms “high” and “low” to describe thresholds...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 42, November 3, 2011
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 42, October 28, 2011
On-time starts and case volume are two popular metrics that help to measure a physician’s...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 27, 2011
To ensure that the credentials committee benefits from interested, experienced, and knowledgeable...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 40, October 20, 2011
During the 2009-10 influenza season, 61.9% of healthcare providers received a seasonal influenza...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 40, October 20, 2011
Adverse actions are a serious matter that requires serious attention. From prevention to...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, October 13, 2011
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, October 13, 2011
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) will now publicly report whether board...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 35, September 15, 2011
In the past ten years, the number of physician assistants has doubled in the United States. A...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 35, September 15, 2011
Many organizations have adopted privilege delineation forms that list procedures and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 34, September 7, 2011
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 32, August 11, 2011
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 31, August 4, 2011
Proctors must be on the lookout for signs that indicate whether a physician is competent to...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 31, August 3, 2011
Even if you have tried to be objective when choosing a hearing panel, you might not know that Dr. X...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 28, July 14, 2011
Requiring a simple majority (50% plus one), two-thirds, or three-quarters affirmative vote are...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 19, May 12, 2011
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 7, February 17, 2011
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 45, November 11, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 14, 2010
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 14, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 14, 2010
When The Joint Commission moved the disaster privileging criteria standards out of the medical...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 14, 2010
Historically, members of the medical staff have been expected to donate time to the peer review...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 10, October 1, 2010
It is increasingly common for physicians to no longer hold privileges at a hospital. Although...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 37, September 16, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 37, September 16, 2010
How should an organization proceed in developing or revisiting a policy covering clinical...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 37, September 16, 2010
Two articles in the August 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine highlight the difficulty...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 36, September 9, 2010
Medical staff and administrative leaders must decide whether it is more beneficial for the parties...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
As of July 1, The Joint Commission added antidiscrimination language into the medical staff chapter...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 34, August 26, 2010
Does your medical staff have a policy that specifically addresses credentialing and privileging for...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 33, August 19, 2010
Requests for leaves of absence have become more common in recent years, and it is important for...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 31, August 5, 2010
Medical staffs know that the peer review process is not free of bias, but what they might not know...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 8, August 1, 2010
When it comes to medical staff peer review, few areas are stickier than conducting ongoing...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 27, July 8, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 24, June 17, 2010
No. When deciding whether a document should be classified as peer review, MSPs and medical staff...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
Although MSPs often work behind the scenes, what they add to the focused professional practice...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
About 60% of practicing physicians will experience burnout at some point in their careers, says...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 15, April 15, 2010
The Joint Commission requires verification from the primary source(s). This requirement encompasses...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 15, April 15, 2010
Every hospital sets unique policies specifying the level of malpractice insurance coverage...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 15, April 15, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 12, March 25, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 11, March 18, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 10, March 11, 2010
Keep track of bylaws changes in a quick-reference chart. Check out this bylaws changes form...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
In December 2009, The Joint Commission opened the latest chapter in the continuing saga of...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 7, February 18, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 6, February 11, 2010
Don’t forget to check your mailbox (electronic or otherwise) to get the latest medical staff...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 6, February 11, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 5, February 4, 2010
In the past, institutions often relied solely on references supplied by the applicant. But now it...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 5, February 4, 2010
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 50, December 16, 2009
Below is some sample bylaws language that explains the composition of the credentials...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 49, December 9, 2009
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Medical Staff Briefing is a monthly newsletter for medical staff leaders and medical staff services...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
One of the best ways to ensure that the MEC is living up to the medical staff’s and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
Because so much work goes into training new committee members, keep existing members as long as...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, November 11, 2009
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 45, November 4, 2009
HCPro wants to hear from you! Every month, we post a new interactive poll question on our Web site...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Medical Staff Briefing acts as a support system by providing time-saving tools, expert advice, and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 7, 2009
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Your facility may need to rethink its joint ventures before October 1. That’s the date the...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
If you read news reports of the troubled brachytherapy program at the Philadelphia VA Medical...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
The standard formerly known as MS.1.20 is on the move again.
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Inside:
What docs need to know about restrictive clauses
Joint Commission task force inches...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, September 23, 2009
At the age of 65, practitioners shall complete an annual examination that addresses their physical...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
The CEO, acting for the board and after considering the recommendations of the president of the...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 37, September 9, 2009
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Inside:
Five steps to crafting foolproof contracts with independent groups
What your medical...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
As physicians increasingly opt to work for independent companies that contract with hospitals to...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
DNV survey activities are not very different than those of The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Culture is extraordinarily powerful and has the potential to either fuel or undermine your...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 34, August 19, 2009
Most medical staffs have traditionally allowed any member to suggest or submit a proposed bylaws...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 33, August 12, 2009
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Hospitalist Leadership Connection, Issue 29, July 21, 2009
There’s still time to enter this month’s contest for two free seats at the Greeley...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 29, July 15, 2009
We know budgets are tight, so in an effort to make the upcoming Greeley Medical Staff Institute...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 29, July 15, 2009
The Health Care Quality Improvement Act allows the use of non-physicians on a hearing panel...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 29, July 15, 2009
Vast pay discrepancies for medical directorships exist depending on specialty, region, and type of...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 29, July 15, 2009
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 28, July 8, 2009
No, unless otherwise required by state law, says Claude (Bud) Pate, REHS, vice president of content...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 27, July 1, 2009
You’ve designed a physician reporting mechanism and are getting ready to distribute your...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 26, June 24, 2009
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston is launching a one-year Open Notes campaign, which...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 26, June 24, 2009
A key part to any credentialing application is the attestation, acknowledgement, and release forms...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 26, June 24, 2009
Comparing information that physicians have submitted in the past with current disclosures is one...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
By having your medical staff members fill out a conflict of interest disclosure form every year...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
With physicians working longer hours and also devoting more time for family, they don’t have...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 21, May 27, 2009
They could, depending on how your bylaws are constructed. First, it’s important to understand...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 19, May 13, 2009
A number of factors are driving physicians to focus less on practicing in the hospital and more on...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 19, May 13, 2009
When reviewing bylaws, I often see confusion regarding emergency and disaster privileges. Many...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
A report issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimates that half of all medical research...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
Clinical observers are a category of practitioners that organizations tend to overlook. It is...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
A hospital should never make an improper report to the National Practitioner Data Bank...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
The words you choose can make the difference between well-written bylaws that protect the medical...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 12, March 25, 2009
Your medical staff should have a policy that places the burden on the applicant to prove his or her...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 12, March 25, 2009
Medical staff voting methods are changing due to electronic ballots and no-action-required votes.
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 11, March 18, 2009
Do you get confused between a sanction and probation? Reprimand and warning? Greeley expert...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 10, March 10, 2009
Several readers responded to last week's "Tip of the week" wondering where they could...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 9, March 3, 2009
Medical staffs have traditionally placed H&P requirement language in their rules and...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
Whether a decision is considered a "restriction" is sometimes in the eye of the beholder...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 3, January 21, 2009
Theresa J. Rambosek, a healthcare attorney with Seattle-based Bennett, Bigelow & Leedom shares...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
It is often most practical for the medical executive committee to assign the duty of...
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Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
As of January 1, 2009, The Joint Commission will require hospitals to develop a formal process for...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, December 3, 2008
Hospitals should have policies in place that govern medical students who participate in training...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 45, November 19, 2008
Mary Hoppa, MD, MBA, CMSL, discusses the importance of updating medical staff documents, including...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 43, November 5, 2008
Last week, we defined and described the purpose of a precautionary suspension. This week, we...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 42, October 29, 2008
Many hospitals have adopted the term precautionary suspension to better reflect the nature of a...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 42, October 29, 2008
Jon Burroughs, MD, MBA, CMSL, a senior consultant at The Greeley Company, says that thoughtful...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 22, 2008
Summary suspensions, automatic suspensions, precautionary suspensions—over the next few...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, October 8, 2008
It is important to have a crystal-clear definition of “investigation” in your bylaws...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, October 1, 2008
Yes. Your organization’s policies should clearly outline the time frame by which it must act...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, October 1, 2008
Rather than requiring only particular staff categories to take such call, many medical staffs are...
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Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 38, September 24, 2008
Is stating your organization’s name on the coversheet of your bylaws enough? Our Greeley...