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Medical Staff Affairs Monthly

William Cors, MD, MMM, CMSL, Vice President, Medical Staff Services, uses this monthly e-zine to share his observations of emerging challenges and evolving best practices; information about political, regulatory, and legal issues affecting hospitals and their medical staffs; and to identify resources that may prove helpful to medical staff leaders.

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Medical Staff Affairs Monthly

Issue 12, December 10, 2008

• The Common . . . WHAT?

  Whatever happened to the concept of the common good? You know, that 2,000-year-old notion...

Issue 11, November 12, 2008

• A Pilgrim Legacy

  Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, and the story of the Mayflower voyage naturally comes to mind...

Issue 10, October 8, 2008

• How do you spell A-L-I-G-N-M-E-N-T? Let me count the ways

  Hospitals and the communities they serve cannot afford poor physician-hospital relations. They need...

Issue 9, September 10, 2008

• The culture of safety: From a priority to a core value

  It is only fitting that thoughts of a culture of safety are top-of-mind as this column  is...

Issue 8, August 13, 2008

• Behavior and Patient Safety-Perfect Together?

  On July 9, The Joint Commission (TJC) issued a sentinel event alert, Issue 40, describing behaviors...

Issue 7, July 9, 2008

• New medical staff models...let me count the ways

  In August 2008, a new book entitled The Greeley Guide to New Medical Staff Models: Contemporary...

Issue 6, June 11, 2008

• The Kadlec reversal

  Much has been written about the recent reversal in the Kadlec case. This landmark court ruling...

Issue 5, May 14, 2008

• Welcome to Never Land

  In October 2007, this column addressed the impending and dramatic restructuring of the...

Issue 4, April 9, 2008

• How to sink a ship

  A three-panel banner of large posters loomed high over the passenger waiting area of Union Station...

Issue 3, March 12, 2008

• Certified Medical Staff Leader (CMSL)

  Having completed the requisite training and successfully passing a rigorous examination, I can now...

Issue 2, February 13, 2008

• I fought the law...and the law won?

  In 1968, there was much talk and great concern about the "military-industrial complex." This shadow...

Issue 1, January 9, 2008

• Where has all the money gone? Who knows where the time goes?

  In last month's column-"Going, going, gone . . . "- the predicted demise of generalist physicians...