HCPro.com: Medical Staff Briefing

April 2008 (Volume 18, Issue 4)	view entire issue

A simplified view of physician diversion programs
An impaired physician not only puts patients in jeopardy but also poses a serious liability issue for the hospital. Confidentiality issues surrounding the treatment and recovery of an impaired physician force medical staff leaders and professionals to walk a tightrope. For example, in an effort to protect patients, the medical staff office may dig too far back into a physician's history, or a physician participating in a diversion program may be unclear as to his or her right to privacy and not disclose pertinent information.

Competency of the month: Measuring patient care
Editor's note: In the March MSB, we discussed using the patient healthcare matrix to evaluate physicians' overall performance. This month, we explore how hospitals can evaluate physicians' performance according to the first of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)/Joint Commission's six core competencies: patient care. The ACGME/Joint Commission's six core competencies are: 1. Patient care 2. Medical knowledge 3. Practice-based learning and improvement 4. Interpersonal communication skills 5. Professionalism 6. Systems-based practice

Overcoming racial barriers to improve quality of care
The Joint Commission's (formerly JCAHO) adoption of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) six core competencies has highlighted the fact that the delivery of quality healthcare depends on more than physicians' technical skills and knowledge. How physicians interact and communicate with patients plays a key role in the overall delivery of quality healthcare and patient satisfaction. However, not all physicians are trained to communicate well with patients, especially patients from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures.

Other recently-published articles from Medical Staff Briefing:

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

Opening doors for physicians with mental health concerns

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

Sounding the alarm on disruptive behavior to meet Joint Commission standards

Creating win-win physician-hospital arrangements

Measuring the six core competencies to comply with FPPE and OPPE requirements

Competency of the month: Measuring systems-based practice

Practice makes perfect: Physician refresher/re-entry courses

Post-Kadlec best practices

Simplifying the medical staff structure

Competency of the month: Measuring professionalism

Florida Supreme Court makes peer review transparent

Measuring interpersonal and communication skills

The effect on exclusive contracts

Step 4a: The right relationship

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