Medical staff officers have the responsibility to govern and oversee the administrative functions of the medical staff. In the past, the office of medical staff president or chief of staff was an honorary position that required little work—truth be told, most of that work was actually done by...
The hospital governing board’s oversight responsibilities are critical to the success of the organization. Governing boards need information that can enable them to optimally perform their duties. The roles and responsibilities of the governing board include everything from ensuring cost-...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 7
Some states, such as Maryland, have implemented mandatory prescription drug monitoring programs to help address the opioid crisis. Such programs require both prescribers and pharmacists to not only report when controlled substances are prescribed/dispensed, but also query the database and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 6
Credentialing Resource Center Journal sat down with La Kisha Rosario, medical staff director at St. Mary’s General Hospital in Passaic, New Jersey, to find out how she has used technology to make a more efficient and effective medical staff services department...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 5
The Supreme Court of Utah (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s decision that there is no exception to the non-discoverability of privileged peer review documents for information that is provided in bad faith. An exception applies only in terms of liability; that is, a person who provides...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 3
A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint Commission, which argues the researchers reached faulty conclusions due to a number of methodological flaws.
Working together to solve a problem is much better and less frustrating than going it alone, or worse, working at odds with someone else approaching the same challenge. The takeaway message from this series to date is to figure out how medical staff leaders and MSPs can jointly use their unique...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 12
Last time, we discussed the roles and responsibilities of the hospital board, the medical staff, and the hospital administration to ensure the quality of care in the organization. For clarity, this was presented as a typical hierarchical structure with distinct reporting relationships and chains...
