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Medical Staff Articles by Topic: Medical Staff Organization

Featured column: Use "investigation" appropriately in your bylaws

  • 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...

Ask the expert: Does probation involve restricting physician's privileges?

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 11, March 18, 2009

    Do you get confused between a sanction and probation? Reprimand and warning? Greeley expert...

Editor's pick: Medical Staff Leader Virtual Training Workshop

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 5, February 11, 2009

    It’s a new year, which means you have new medical staff leaders on your team. We can’t...

Tip of the week: Plan ahead for successful meetings

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 2, January 14, 2009

    Meetings often involve special equipment and materials. It is the meeting planner’s...

Medical Staff Briefing 2008 index

  • Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2009

    Bylaws Hospitals still waiting for verdict on MS.1.20. March, p. 6. Joint Commission stands...

Tip of the week: Know the four basic leadership styles

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 47, December 10, 2008

    For a long time, people thought there were only two leadership styles: autocratic and democratic...

Ask the expert: What policies should the medical staff have in place for medical students?

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 46, December 3, 2008

    Hospitals should have policies in place that govern medical students who participate in training...

Train an interdisciplinary team for communication

  • Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2008

    According to The Joint Commission, communication breakdowns are the most common cause of medical...

Thirteen tips for protecting peer review data and streamlining your processes

  • Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2008

    It seems as if every time you pick up the newspaper, another hospital is under fire for negligent...

Tip of the week: Get comfortable with change

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 45, November 19, 2008

    Various economic and political factors are creating drastic changes to the healthcare environment...

Small Hospital Challenges Monthly: Do you need to update your documents?

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 45, November 19, 2008

    Mary Hoppa, MD, MBA, CMSL, discusses the importance of updating medical staff documents, including...

Ask the expert: What is an automatic suspension or relinquishment?

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 43, November 5, 2008

    Last week, we defined and described the purpose of a precautionary suspension. This week, we...

Pearls for leaders

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 43, November 5, 2008

    Every once in a while, I read a book that has concise “pearls” that I find both...

Consolidate medical staff categories to take pressure off the MSO and streamline reappointmen

  • Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2008

    Hospitals are increasingly paring down their medical staff categories to make life a little easier...

13 tips to protect your peer review data and streamline your processes

  • Medical Staff Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2008

    If the Florida Supreme Court’s March decision to make all physician peer review information...

Medical staff members on governing boards: Critical expertise or conflict of interest?

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 42, October 29, 2008

    Jon Burroughs, MD, MBA, CMSL, a senior consultant at The Greeley Company, says that thoughtful...

Ask the expert: What is a summary suspension?

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 22, 2008

    Summary suspensions, automatic suspensions, precautionary suspensions—over the next few...

Tip of the week: Understand the characteristics of a good leader

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 22, 2008

    Wondering what—exactly—is the definition of a good leader? Here is a list leaders in...

Great to see you at NAMSS!

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 41, October 22, 2008

    Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the National Association of Medical Staff Services...

Tip of the week: Stipends can be useful tool to compensate physicians taking ED call

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 40, October 10, 2008

    The most common form of compensation for on-call service is a stipend. Although the approach...

Tip of the week: Define "investigation" in your bylaws

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, October 8, 2008

    It is important to have a crystal-clear definition of “investigation” in your bylaws...

Peer Review Monthly: Why is peer review hard to do?

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, October 8, 2008

    Robert Marder, MD, CMSL, vice president of The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc. in...

Tip of the week: Make ED call everyone’s responsibility

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 39, October 1, 2008

    Rather than requiring only particular staff categories to take such call, many medical staffs are...

Tip of the week: Ditch the paragraph in your bylaws that states your organization’s name

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 38, September 24, 2008

    Is stating your organization’s name on the coversheet of your bylaws enough? Our Greeley...

MSP Advisor: Credentialing basics are not just for beginners!

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 38, September 24, 2008

    This month is the third installment of a eight-part series written by Donna K. Goestenkors, CPMSM...

Ask the expert: What benefit does a "kitchen cabinet" serve?

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 35, September 3, 2008

    Some hospital CEOs have hand-picked a group of physicians to form their own "kitchen...

Tip of the week: Allowing disruptive physicians to confront their accusers is counterproductive

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 35, September 3, 2008

    When an individual in your organization submits a complaint about a physician, the physician may...

Five dynamic tensions in contemporary medical staffs part 5: Stability and change

  • Medical Staff Leader Connection, Issue 35, September 3, 2008

    Mark your calendars! This series on the five dynamic tensions of the medical staff by William K...