Hospital medical staffs involved in physician recruiting face an enormously complex task. The "old boy network" is probably not the most effective way to find physicians.
Hospital medical staffs involved in physician recruiting face an enormously complex task. The "old boy network" is probably not the most effective way to find physicians.
In June 1983, fewer hospitals employed medical directors than in 1981, yet the medical director position seems to be gaining in importance and prestige as hospitals face continuing challenges.
As competition and increased numbers of physicians heat up efforts to obtain hospital privileges, medical staffs and hospitals need to develop a quality-based privileging system that minimizes discord and protects from antitrust liability.