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  • Reader survey: Who gets to keep the medical records?

    As editor of Medical Staff Briefing and Medical Staff Leader Connection, I write frequently about the need for collegiality between hospitals and their medical staffs. It’s an ever present issue, and I want to hear from you about your organization’s practice.

  • Do you have a disruptive/impaired physician policy?

    HCPro wants to hear from you! Every month, we post a new interactive poll question on our Web site. To answer this month's question regarding whether your facility has a disruptive/impaired physician policy, click here.

  • Tip of the week: Train physician reviewers to do effective case reviews

    Physicians have reviewed case charts from their first days of medical school, but they are rarely taught to do so formally. What should they be looking for when they are handed a folder filled with a patient’s medical records?

  • Ask the expert: Who should set physician performance targets?

    When determining what data to collect to evaluate physician competence, it is critical that the medical staff sets targets for excellent and acceptable performance. This is generally done by the medical staff quality committee, which asks each department for recommendations for specialty-specific indicators.

  • Peer Review Monthly: Do you know what I know?

    The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and credentialing and privileging. The last week(s) it will cover other important medical staff related topics.

    Last Thursday my wife had surgery for a benign ovarian cyst discovered by her primary care doctor during an annual exam. After an ultrasound, her physician referred her to a local area gynecologist whom I happen to have known for many years due to my past position at the medical center at which he practiced. When I heard that he was the physician my wife was referred to, my response was “That’s great. He is a good surgeon and caring physician.” When we met with him and he told us that the surgery would be done at my former hospital, my wife and I felt an additional sense of assurance.

    Read more of this column by Robert Marder, MD, CMSL, vice president of The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc. in Marblehead, MA.

  • Pre-interview questions to ask candidates about work ethic

    Hospitalist program directors can use the following questions to learn more about a hospitalist candidate’s work ethic and workplace attitude.