{"title":"Issues in medical staff planning: past, present, and future.","authors":"N Hershey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>More and more hospitals are preparing and utilizing medical staff development plans. This article discusses how the nature and purposes of hospital medical staff planning have evolved over time, the increasing impact of this activity upon physicians, and the new issues raised by current trends in medical staff planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 2","pages":"19-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20995674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"National Practitioner Data Bank: more guidelines, more problems.","authors":"E A Snelson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complex reporting requirements under the National Practitioner Data Bank are further complicated by numerous exceptions and conflicting interpretations. Even after two years of operation, many physicians and reporting entities are unfamiliar with the system and its problems. In an apparent attempt to clarify the requirements, the Department of Health and Human Services, in 1992, issued a supplement to its 1990 guidebook for users. Unfortunately, this supplement causes even greater confusion and fails to correct existing inconsistencies with respect to such critical issues as summary suspension and medical malpractice settlement reporting.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 3","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20998144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Challenges in medical staff credentialing.","authors":"T Curtis, L A Russell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article addresses the challenges faced by medical staffs in conducting their medical staff appointment and reappointment activities, including credentialing, privileging, establishing criteria for new procedures, crossover privileging, and creating credentialing systems for new facilities. In order to satisfy legal scrutiny, the cornerstone of all these activities must be quality patient care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 4","pages":"23-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21042061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AIDS and the health care professional: 1993 update.","authors":"T A Tamborlane","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The last several years have brought vigorous debate over the rights and responsibilities of physicians and other health care professionals afflicted with acquired immune deficiency syndrome or infected with the virus that causes it. A number of significant cases have been decided, and several professional groups have rendered opinions on how to handle this volatile issue. As the crisis grows, the law continues to evolve. This article provides an overview of the case law and professional opinion as it stands in mid-1993.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 4","pages":"17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20999021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distinguishing negligence from intentional tort when a health care provider deviates from a patient's consent.","authors":"C A Cole, M D Holtz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A number of California appellate courts have held that a health care provider's unintentional deviation from a patient's consent will support a cause of action for \"technical battery\"--an intentional tort. This policy has allowed plaintiffs to circumvent California's statutory malpractice damage limits and seek punitive damages, thus posing a significant threat to the foundation of California medical malpractice tort law reform. The California Supreme Court recently acknowledged the problem and appears to be taking steps toward a solution.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 2","pages":"45-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20995678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard: a review of physician office compliance after the first year.","authors":"P W Smith","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In May 1993, medical practices for the first time were required to review their bloodborne pathogens programs for compliance with a 1991 standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The standard has a commendable purpose--to enhance the protection afforded workers exposed to potentially infectious materials. Yet its requirements have caused fear and confusion among physicians. This article details the provisions of the bloodborne pathogens standard and outlines some of the reasons physicians have found its implementation troublesome.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 4","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20999020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AIDS and the health care worker--a physician's perspective.","authors":"W R Fifer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The issue of physician health has been highlighted recently by the public's concern about the possibility of contracting AIDS from an HIV-positive health care practitioner. This article examines some of the applicable standards on physician health issues, recent cases and incidents involving HIV-infected practitioners, the new CDC guidelines for preventing HIV transmission to patients, and the consequences to, and responsibilities of, the HIV-positive physician.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"6 1","pages":"33-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20999815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategies for eliminating unfairness in peer review.","authors":"F A Rozovsky, L E Rozovsky","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physicians often find themselves the victims of uninformed peer review practices whereby hospital boards make decisions regarding medical staff privileges without adequately evaluating the charges and without affording physicians the appropriate due process protections. In addition to damaging a physician's reputation, such unfair review practices can lead to liability exposure and expensive and prolonged litigation. This article describes how medical staff physicians and hospital board members can avoid these problems by taking an active and informed role in the peer review process.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"6 1","pages":"27-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20987386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rosenblit v. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical Center: physician fair hearing rights enforced at last.","authors":"A R Chenen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"6 1","pages":"61-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21054496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The need for tail coverage in medical malpractice insurance.","authors":"B Cohn","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In today's litigious society, it is more important than ever that physicians purchase \"tail\" coverage--that is, insurance for claims asserted after the period covered by their basic insurance arising from occurrences during the insured period. This article describes the tail of a medical malpractice insurance policy, the need for and purpose of tail coverage, the methods of pricing such coverage, and the problems associated with the tail coverage provisions of medical professional liability insurance.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"6 2","pages":"33-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20988593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}