HCPro.com: Medical Staff Briefing

August 2008 (Volume 18, Issue 8)	view entire issue

Florida Supreme Court makes peer review transparent
Florida physicians might be skittish about participating in peer review activities now that the Florida Supreme Court has made its final decision regarding Amendment 7 of The Constitution of the State of Florida, which makes all peer review information discoverable to the public. And physicians in Florida aren't the only ones who may be nervous-physicians across the country wonder if their states will follow Florida's lead. What is Amendment 7? Laura Yaeger, an attorney at Fleming & Associates, LLP, in Houston, says that, in its original form, Amendment 7 allows all Florida patients to access all peer review information and documentation of any state-licensed physician regarding adverse medical events.

Competency of the month: Measuring professionalism
Editor's note: In the July MSB, we discussed how Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville is measuring and improving physician communication skills. This month, we take a look at how the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) in Philadelphia is assessing professionalism. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education/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

Simplifying the medical staff structure
Transitioning from a department structure to a clinical service structure requires more than simply swapping the word "department" with "clinical service" in the hospital's bylaws. Marna Sorensen, medical staff services manager at Portneuf Regional Medical Center in Pocatello, ID, says that even though switching to clinical services has saved her medical staff significant time and effort, the medical staff office (MSO) spent nearly one year educating physicians about the change and how it would benefit them.

Other recently-published articles from Medical Staff Briefing:

Train an interdisciplinary team for communication

Six evergreen tips for holiday scheduling

Thirteen tips for protecting peer review data and streamlining your processes

Understanding the nuances of legal terms

Understand 2009 Joint Commission changes

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

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