"All physicians are leaders, regardless of title, hierarchy or workplace. They must be because the nature of their roles demands it. What other career requires years and years of training, confidence and calm in the face of trauma, and split second life-and-death decision-making, all while...
When a performance issue surfaces during a review process, maintaining strict confidentiality becomes crucial for both the practitioner and the facility. Due to the sensitive nature of poor findings—and the potential backlash from leaking information to the general membership—medical staff...
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...
"What other stakeholders in the system can draw on the experience of interacting with patients and caregivers as well as working with other clinical and business administration functions, payers, and drug companies?"
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 1
Credentialing Resource Center Journal recently sat down with David J. Pugach, JD, vice president of public policy for the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to ask how ongoing initiatives, such as the single graduate medical education accreditation system, are proceeding and what initiatives...
As a space created for the provision of high-quality care, hospitals have the right to implement policies that they believe enhance patient care. Hospital policies concerning social media use and even mobile device use may prove extremely beneficial both in preserving the...
