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Re: Credentialing From: Harrison Sheld (hsheld@anv.net) Wed Feb 2 08:19:47 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Going into medicine What does your network do when you die?" Previous message: ainsron: "Re: Credentialing" In reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "Credentialing" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Credentialing" Let me give you the benefit of my experience. I have just prevailed in an 11-year lawsuit that originated out of my administrative duties as the department chair at the hospital. Make sure that your hospital is willing to back you up should there be an "issue" with a staff member. A medical malpractice insurance policy usually does not cover administrative duties as chair. The first letter that I got from the hospital's insurance company after being served listed all the instances they would not provide coverage. Make sure you are comfortable with the coverage their policy provides for you in carrying out correctly your duties as spelled out in the hospital's by-laws and R&Rs. We won. They wanted to settle for $20 million. Dr. Ainsworth wrote: >I'm Surgery Chairman at my hospital for the next two years. One issue >that is coming up is how do you safely credential individuals for new >procedures, or procedures that are new approaches to surgeries they have >been performing. For example, one experienced, board certified orthopod >has learned a minimally invasive hip replacement technique which should >allow patients to be discharged early from the hospital and provided >evidence of attendance at several meetings, didactic training, cadaver >training and has an experienced proctor paid for by the manufacturer of >the new-fangled hip coming to observe his first case. How do you >evaluate when enough is enough? > Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Going into medicine What does your network do when you die?" Previous message: ainsron: "Re: Credentialing" In reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "Credentialing" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Credentialing"

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