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June 2008 (Volume 5, Issue 6)	view entire issue

Hospital management benefits from transparent, communicative culture
Immense economic, regulatory, and competitive pressures are driving some hospitals to close their doors and others to seek mergers. Still others are entering into af-filiation agreements with hospital networks to survive or are being bought by large chains. A well-managed hospital is the most likely to survive and thrive in the current healthcare environment. The hospital's medical staff, administration, and board members must have a common sense of service to the community, and all parties must work together to provide excellent patient care while maintaining an eye on the facility's fiscal health.

Hospitals' creative solutions ensure adequate ED coverage
"It's getting a little scary out there." So says Michael R. Callahan, Esq., a healthcare attorney at Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, in Chicago, who works frequently on hospital medical staff issues, in reference to the difficulties hospitals face trying to ensure the availability of specialists to provide emergency department (ED) coverage. Faced with a shortage of physicians willing to take call, hospitals are trying to find ways to enforce an obligation to take ED call without alienating the medical staff-mostly without success.

Other recently-published articles from Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider:

Introduce technology with an inclusive evaluation process

Recent court rulings

Manage poor behavior with risk awareness, culture change, and follow-up

Address telemedicine, contracted physicians, and advanced practice professionals in medical staff bylaws

Facilities collaborate to overcome credentialing and peer review hurdles

Improve physician behavior using patient satisfaction data

Effective leadership training prevents lawsuits, ensures regulatory compliance

Ensure physicians know restrictions on standing orders

Sentinel Event Alert: Evaluate disruptive behavior policies

Ensure appropriate competency assessments for AHPs

Overcome barriers to the effective use of physician quality data

Avoid three pitfalls common to the core privileging method

Joint Commission suspends revised standard MS.1.20 implementation

Hospitals’ creative solutions ensure adequate ED coverage

Hospital management benefits from transparent, communicative culture

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