Should trustees be members of medical staff committees? Its' debatable.
Trustee membership on medical staff committees is not an appropriate way of ensuring liasion between the medical staff and the governing board. All assurances concerning quality of care should come to the governing board from the organized medical staff, to whom such accountability is and should be delegated.
D006075:Governing Board; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*