Board Oversight of the Organized Medical Staff: Greater Rigor Is Needed
This Featured Article is co-published with The Governance Institute.
- September 25, 2020
- Todd Sagin , Sagin Healthcare Consulting LLC, Governance Institute Advisor
Practitioner credentialing is one of a hospital’s most critical tools for promoting the quality of patient care. While technically a collaboration between a hospital’s medical staff and governing body, too many boards merely rubber stamp the recommendations for practitioner privileges they receive from medical executive committees. Time and again, as scandals regarding dangerous practitioners make headlines across the country, the public has asked why hospital leadership has failed to protect patients.
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