title: Making mandatory medical staff meetings more physician-friendly.
abstract: In an effort to improve hospital-medical staff relations, a number of hospitals are making changes in their medical staff meetings structures--putting time limits on meetings, modifying attendance requirements, even timing comments. One California hospital even uses an egg timer to facilitate the monthly meetings of its medical staff executive committee.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Koska
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004526:Efficiency; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013995:Time; D014481:United States