Hospitals with well-defined leadership selection criteria that establish a physician’s eligibility to run for office are more likely to elect well-qualified, committed, and knowledgeable medical staff officers. It is hard to hit the target unless you aim for it.

Did you know, according to a recent study, that memes can increase positive emotions and can help people cope with stress? So, for Medical Staff Services Awareness Week (November 7-13), we here at HCPro encourage you to celebrate all the hard work MSPs do with a little humor by creating and sharing your own MSP memes. Click here for a few examples.

Send your best MSP memes to Managing Editor Karen Kondilis at kkondilis@hcpro.com, and you could see it featured on the CRC site during MSP Awareness Week. Memes can be easily made on websites like here and here.

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Spectrum Health is one of 44 healthcare organizations nationwide to be recognized by the American Medical Association's Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program.

A general surgeon has principal expertise in the diagnosis and care of patients with diseases and disorders affecting the abdomen, digestive tract, endocrine system, breast, skin, and blood vessels, according to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Additionally, general surgeons are trained in the care of pediatric and cancer patients, as well as in the treatment of patients who are injured or critically ill. General surgeons typically treat problems including hernias, breast tumors, pancreatitis, bowel obstructions, gallstones, appendicitis, colon cancer, and colon inflammation.

One of the more critical issues impacting healthcare providers today is physician suicides, as discussed by University of Iowa professors Diane S. Rohlman, PhD, of the department of Occupational & Environmental Health, and Gerard Clancy, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry and emergency medicine and former president of the University of Tulsa at he OSHA Summer 2021 Healthcare Symposium. Suicide rates and mental health issues were already high in the medical field before the COVID-19 pandemic, which then added stress to already burdened physicians, nurses, and clinicians.

Accreditation survey results released by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care’s (ACHC) HFAP brand show that ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) continue to struggle with their credentialing and privileging policies and procedures.