When you combine the heart-wrenching possibility of taking away a colleague's livelihood with the threat of getting involved in a discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities or Age Discrimination in Employment Acts, it's no wonder that many medical staffs find it difficult to...
Many hospitalist programs managers—if they haven't already—will see an increase in patients' need for palliative care. According to Jean Kutner, MD, MSPH, professor of medicine and division head of general internal medicine at the University of Colorado Denver, the...
As a medical staff leader or MSP, if you had to sum up your duties in three sentences, could you do it? Could you also make it sound appealing enough to convince a stranger to move 1,000 miles to take over your position?
MSPs are surrounded by data, from initial credentialing documents to ongoing assessments. Some of that information is bound to highlight errors in a practitioner’s performance. What would you do if the medical staff leaders you work with told you to ignore the errors or alter the data to hide...
For many physicians, taking the time to perform a thorough and effective hand off is a chore they know they should do, but culture and logistics often get in the way.
