AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
Sponsored by Proctoring and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation
presented on April 23, 2007
According to a study done by Harvard Medical School, older doctors are less likely to comply current treatment standards. In addition, the rapid increase in new medical technology leaves many aging physicians struggling to keep up.
Is it safe to avoid the concept of competency and aging in physicians?
Listen to Greeley Company experts, Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS and Mary J. Hoppa, MD, MBA, along with David Ashbach, MD, for this 90-minute audioconference. Our expert speakers take a look at how other high-risk fields have addressed the issue of aging. You'll learn how to assess the competence of an aging physician fairly and accurately, as well as, get tips on constructing a policy that is fair, and risk-averse, to all parties involved.
At the end of this audioconference you will be able to:
- Create an environment for medical staff leaders to discuss the aging physician
- Distinguish findings that are part of the normal aging process from those that should be evaluated by medical staff leaders
- Determine a process to assess the competence of an aging physician fairly and accurately
- Design a policy and a health assessment tool that will address the current needs of the facility and practitioner and is capable of evolving over time
AGENDA
- Today's environment
- Examples of competency concerns
- Issues related to aging outside the medical field and potential solutions
- Examples of issues
- Solutions
- Issues within medicine and potential solutions
- Examples of issues
- Solutions
- Why should medical staff's now address the issue of aging and competency?
- How do organizations currently address aging at this time?
- Current status of existing policies
- Dealing with practitioners in a like manner
- The Five Ps
- Goals of creating a policy
- Consistenty of application to practioners
- Assessment of practioner in relation to privileges requested to include timeframe of assessment
- Role of proctoring and/or retrospective peer review
- Evaluation of policy for appropriateness and effectiveness
- Sample Policy Walkthrough
- Q&A
MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, is a senior consultant at The Greeley Company. She brings over 30 years of experience in healthcare management to her work with hospitals and medical staffs nationwide. Ms. Cairns applies her management and clinical experiences to help healthcare providers develop solutions to their unique needs and objectives. As a clinical faculty member for The Joint Commission, she wrote The Medical Staff Handbook: A Guide to Joint Commission Standards and The LIP's Guide to Credentials Review and Privileging. She has a particular expertise in credentialing and privileging.
Mary J. Hoppa, MD, MBA, serves as a physician consultant at The Greeley Company. She brings over 10 years of healthcare leadership and management experience to her work with physicians, hospitals, and healthcare organizations across the country. Dr. Hoppa's roles in hospital administration and medical staff leadership in academic and community hospital settings make her uniquely qualified to assist physicians and medical centers develop effective solutions to their most significant challenges. She has an expertise in quality, peer review, regulatory, risk management, credentialing, infection control, medical records, operational re-engineering, and care coordination.
David Ashbach, MD, is a partner in Nephrology Specialists P.C. in Gary and Merrillville. He was one of the first double boarded specialists in Indiana, with board certification in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Dr. Ashbach developed the Stuart A. Kleit Symposium International, which keeps national and local medical professionals informed with the most up-to-date information in the Nephrology field. He also contributed to the development of the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) for the National Kidney Foundation of Indiana. Dr. Ashbach is a past board member of the Indiana Health and Hospital Association, is currently on the board of the Gift of Hope, the local organ procurement organization.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
- Medical staff professionals and leaders
- Credentialing specialists
- Medical directors
- Chief medical officers
- VPMAs
- CEOs
- Safety/quality directors
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