AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE, CD or AUDIO ARCHIVE
Sponsored by Medical Staff Briefing
presented on May 17, 2007
Avoid compromised physician judgment and biased decisions.
The complex conflicts of interest facing today’s physicians and medical staff can lead to divided loyalties, compromised physician judgment, and biased clinical decisions.
In a healthcare environment that's becoming increasingly market-driven, physicians and medical staff professionals have many opportunities to compromise their professional responsibilities by pursuing interests of personal gain.
Make a commitment to high ethical standards: Effectively manage physician conflicts of interest in your facility.
During this 90-minute audioconference, experts from The Greeley Company identify 19 different types of physician conflicts of interest, from conflicts with hospitals to individual conflicts, and share practical strategies and solutions to tackle the unique challenges of each type.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Identify the roles of the organized medical staff
- Explain how the roles of the organized medical staff lead to conflicts of interest
- List sources of conflicts of interest on the medical staff
- Define what constitutes a medical staff conflict of interest
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR AGENDA
- The two roles of the medical staff: A set-up for conflict
- Medical staff fulfilling board assigned responsibilities
- Medical staff as physician advocate
- The changing social contract: physicians are suppliers, customers, collaborators and competitors—get over it!
- How are physicians in conflict today? Let me count the ways ...
- Conflicts with the hospital
- Physicians competing with hospital (ASCs, imaging centers)
- Physicians on other hospital staffs (splitters)
- Physician leaders at other hospitals (officers, chairs)
- Physicians in JVs with other hospitals
- Physicians with roles in other organizations, such as MCOs
- Physicians as governing board members
- VPMA/CMO/ Medical Directors
- Conflicts between physicians
- Peer review
- Credentialing and privileging
- Conflicts between physician groups
- Employed physicians
- Exclusive contracts
- Physicians friendly to the hospital
- Joint venture partners
- Contracted services
- Conflicts
- Individual conflicts
- Family/relatives with any related or competitive entities
- Ownership, interests or consulting arrangements with device manufacturers
- Physicians involved in research or consulting/speaking arrangements with vendors
- Religious conflicts of interest
- How should medical staffs address conflicts of interest?
- Define what we mean by conflict of interest
- Create a policy
- Educate
- Implementation
- Annual disclosure
- Just in time disclosure
- A question and answer sessions follows the presentation
Dr. Richard A. Sheff is the chairman and executive director of The Greeley Company with over 25 years of healthcare management and leadership experience. With a distinctive combination of medical, healthcare and management acumen, Sheff develops tailored and valued solutions to the unique needs of physicians and hospitals.
Dr. Mary Hoppa serves as a physician consultant at The Greeley Company with over 10 years of healthcare leadership and management experience. Her roles in hospital administration and medical staff leadership in academic and community hospital settings make her uniquely qualified to assist physicians and medical centers in developing effective solutions to their most significant challenges.
William Cors is an experienced physician executive with a background that includes fifteen years clinical practice, eleven years of executive hospital/health system management, and healthcare consulting. He currently serves as the vice president medical affairs/ chief medical officer for Good Samaritan Hospital, part of the Bon Secours Charity Health System, in Suffern, New York. He also serves as a senior consultant with The Greeley Company.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Medical staff professionals, medical staff leaders, and hospital executives
NEW PARTICIPATION OPTION — AUDIO ARCHIVE
In addition to the regular options for HCPro audioconferences— audio tape or CD, —we are pleased to offer a new option: an audio archive. Audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player.
BONUS MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIAL 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.
Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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