title: The case for the hospital staff attorney.
abstract: A full-time staff attorney offers a hospital substantial advantages over an outside attorney, including availability, accessibility, and total familiarity with hospital operations. Among the services that a staff attorney can perform are advising the governing body, reviewing contracts, participating in risk management, providing liaison with outside counsel, and responding to requests for release of information.
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals; D007587:Job Description; D007603:Jurisprudence; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*