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Issue 50, December 28, 2005

• JCAHO releases 2007 draft standards

  A new set of draft credentialing and privileging standards from the JCAHO would require hospitals...

• Enabling medical staff leaders

  Dear Medical Staff Leader: If we expect physician leaders to lead, we must make sure the...

Issue 49, December 21, 2005

• Undertaking a bylaws review

  The importance of medical staff bylaws should compel every hospital and its medical staff leaders...

Issue 43, November 2, 2005

• JCAHO calls for field review of contracted services standards

  The JCAHO announced on October 24, a field review of its contracted services standards in response...

Issue 42, October 26, 2005

• FSMB to verify licenses of LA providers

  The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners has granted the Federation of State Medical Boards...

• Run a great meeting: End on time

  Dear Medical Staff Leader: Time is one of the resources most valued by physicians. As a medical...

Issue 41, October 19, 2005

• OIG examines agencies' failure to report malpractice cases

  The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report detailing three Health and...

• Run great meetings by staying on task

  Dear Medical Staff Leader: It's happened to every medical staff leader while chairing a...

Issue 40, October 12, 2005

• Thousands of providers displaced by Hurricane Katrina

  Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed left New Orleans in soggy ruins has displaced...

• Run great meetings with a bias toward action

  Dear Medical Staff Leader: Time is one of the most precious things physicians have to give. No...

Issue 39, October 6, 2005

• Physician faces 100 malpractice suits

  More than 100 malpractice suits have been filed against John Anderson King, a former surgeon at...

• Start all meetings on time

  Dear Medical Staff Leader: The meeting was called for noon. It's now 10 minutes past and only...

• Proposed standards focus on evidence-based privileging

  Evidence-based medicine has become the norm in healthcare. Now, in its proposed 2007 standards for...

Issue 38, September 30, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

Issue 37, September 21, 2005

• Attracting new medical staff leaders: Leadership selection criteria

  The use of leadership selection criteria by the medical executive committee (MEC), medical...

Issue 34, August 31, 2005

• Recruit physician leaders

  Dear Medical Staff Leader: Continuity of good medical staff leadership should be a goal of...

Issue 33, August 24, 2005

• Court requires evidence that credentialing caused malpractice

  A Texas appeals court recently found that a plastic surgery patient, who brought a negligent...

• Create a performance improvement culture

  Dear Medical Staff Leader: Physician performance feedback reports are only effective when the...

Issue 31, August 10, 2005

• Failure to tackle a difficult issue

  "Continue to monitor," states the minutes of the surgical department meeting. "Tell the nursing...

Issue 30, August 3, 2005

• Bush signs patient safety bill

  On July 29, President Bush signed the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 after...

Issue 29, July 27, 2005

• Senate unanimously approves quality improvement bill

  On July 21, the Senate unanimously approved legislation to improve patient safety and to reduce...

Issue 27, July 13, 2005

• Weight-loss surgeries surging in popularity

  The number of Americans having weight-loss surgery more than quadrupled between 1998 and 2002 from...

Issue 26, July 6, 2005

• Pending medical malpractice cap in IL

  Legislation has passed through the Illinois state House and Senate that will cap medical...

Issue 25, June 29, 2005

• CMS to implement rehabilitation criteria

  On June 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will begin to...

Issue 24, June 22, 2005

• OIG reports on quality of care in inpatient stays

  According to a June 2005 inspection report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office...

• OIG reports on quality of care in inpatient stays

  According to a June 2005 inspection report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office...

• OIG reports on quality of care in inpatient stays

  According to a June 2005 inspection report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office...

Issue 23, June 15, 2005

• CMS to review specialty hospital Conditions of Participation

  On June 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) temporarily halted issuing new...

Issue 22, June 8, 2005

• JCAHO announces new patient safety goals

  On May 31, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) announced the...

Issue 21, June 1, 2005

• Malpractice payments increasing in size, but growing proportionately

  Medical malpractice payments grew by an average of four percent annually between 1991 and 2003...

Issue 20, May 25, 2005

• NJ signs patient safety/background check legislation

  The New Jersey state senate and general assembly has signed legislation that will help strengthen...

Issue 19, May 18, 2005

• Revisiting the IOM medical error report

  Five years after the landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on medical errors "To Err is...

Issue 18, May 11, 2005

• California peer review bill stalled

  Trends often start in California, so medical services professionals (MSPs) may want to watch future...

Issue 17, May 4, 2005

• JCAHO postpones new requirement for medical staff bylaws

  Medical services professionals (MSPs) can breathe a huge sigh of relief, as the JCAHO announced it...

Issue 16, April 27, 2005

• National rates of medical board disciplinary actions released

  On April 19, Public Citizen, a consumer group founded by Ralph Nader, released its annual ranking...

Issue 15, April 20, 2005

• Malpractice bill stalled in Senate, says Santorum

  On April 14, Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) told physicians they may face an uphill battle in their...

Issue 14, April 13, 2005

• CMS launches hospital comparison tool

  On April 1, federal officials launched a new program that allows consumers to compare certain...

Issue 13, April 6, 2005

• JCAHO considers expansion of disaster privileging standard

  The JCAHO is considering expanding its standard that allows the granting of disaster privileges.

Issue 12, March 30, 2005

• Lower court's ruling reversed on scope of EMTALA

  On March 23, a federal appeals court overruled a lower court decision that the Emergency Medical...

Issue 11, March 23, 2005

• High risk of relapse in physician opioid users

  The risk of substance abuse relapse is increased in healthcare professionals who have used a major...

Issue 10, March 16, 2005

• ABMS phases-out primary source tools

  The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) recently posted a "credentialing advisory notice...

Issue 9, March 9, 2005

• CMS to reconsider informed consent guidelines

  Claiming new requirements for informed consent are not workable, particularly in teaching...

Issue 8, March 2, 2005

• Emergency coverage: Top medical staff challenge in 2005

  At the December 2004 Medical Executive Committee Institute, 89 percent of attendees indicated that...

Issue 7, February 23, 2005

• When the MEC and credentials committee disagree

  Dear Medical Staff Leader: Is it appropriate for the medical executive committee (MEC) to...

Issue 5, February 9, 2005

• Court denies attempt to rekindle antitrust claims against NRMP

  The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on January 25 denied three former residents...

Issue 3, January 27, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• JCAHO halts bylaws standard change

  The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is seeking additional...

Issue 2, January 20, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Background checks gain momentum

  Massachusetts recently joined the list of states that now require criminal background checks of...

Issue 1, January 6, 2005 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE