Medical staff functional reviews: from committees to functions.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requires medical staff members to provide effective mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the quality of patient care and to improve organizational performance. Many healthcare facilities choose to meet this requirement through structured committees such as those on surgical case review, blood usage, medical record review, and pharmacy and therapeutics. This article describes a streamlined alternative to medical staff committees and explains how intensive and screening evaluations can be improved by using the most significant data.
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH.
S
S
Tackett
L
L
Kent
D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States