Weekly Roundup Join our medical staff book review group! HCPro is seeking enthusiastic medical staff leaders and MSPs to join an ad-hoc group interested in reading and reviewing prepublication drafts of books and training materials in their areas of interest and expertise.
Our editors will send you periodic emails listing upcoming projects available for outside review. If you’re interested, just let us know. We’ll send review guidelines and give you an idea of our timeframe. If it works for you, we’ll send the draft chapters as they’re available and a printed copy of the book when it’s complete. In addition, you will be recognized as a reviewer inside the printed book. We might also ask for your feedback on future product topics in your purview.
Please have a minimum of five years of medical staff experience and be in an educational, supervisory, or leadership role within your organization.
For more information or to sign up as a reviewer, please send an email including your areas of interest and expertise and a current CV/resume to Editor Delaney Rebernik at drebernik@hcpro.com.  Medical staff bylaws and associated documents This week, CRC Daily focuses on bylaws. Medical staff bylaws and associated documents outline how your medical staff will organize and govern itself to carry out its board-delegated responsibilities to ensure the quality of care, which primarily depends on individuals granted privileges. At a minimum, they outline the credentialing and privileging process and the initial and ongoing review of physician competency. Read more. Heard this week "The question that should begin every institution's consideration of physician alignment and physician leadership is, 'What do we want the champion to do?'... Every physician champion either succeeds or fails based on the clarity of their role that the organization establishes."
- Ed Howell, professor of public health sciences at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, discusses the challenges physician champions face.
The MEC and bylaws Physician leaders are pressed for time. The Medical Executive Committee Manual provides them the knowledge and tools to confidently and effectively carry out their responsibilities. With this manual, MEC members will understand important medical staff functions, such as the role the MEC plays with bylaw and governing documents. Read more. Communicate effectively while under pressure The ability to communicate calmly during stressful times is a critical skill for leaders. Performing well during these times will build confidence and trust within your team and foster teamwork. The following are tips to help improve communication when under pressure. Read more. Completion of history and physical examination sample bylaws language The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires medical staff bylaws address who can perform the history and physical examination and in what time frame the history and physical exam must be completed. This week’s free resource is sample bylaws addressing the completion of history and physical examination. Read more.
Make your bylaws inclusive A lot of medical staff bylaws restrict board certification to American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and its member boards—again, sometimes unintentionally. Doing so blocks physicians certified by osteopathic boards, non-U.S. boards, and any new boards created not under ABMS. Read more.
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