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The Medical Staff Services Handbook: Fundamentals and Beyond, Second Edition

Author(s): Cindy A. Gassiot, CPMSM, CPCS, Medical Staff Management
Vicki L. Searcy, CPMSM, Searcy Resource Group, LLC, Seattle, Washington
Christina W. Giles, CPMSM, MS, Medical Staff Solutions
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763784416
  • Paperback    490 pages      © 2011
Price: International Sales $162.95 US List
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The Medical Staff Services Handbook, Second Edition, is a complete reference and explores all functions performed in a medical staff services department. It contains practical advice on problems in credentialing and privileging as well as organizing the medical staff services department and supporting medical staff meetings. There is new information on the ongoing professional practice evaluation process and the focused professional practice evaluation process (new Joint Commission requirements).  All chapters have been updated with current information. The book also contains chapters on credentialing in managed care organizations, credentials verification organizations and health system shared credentialing services. There is extensive information about various health care accreditation programs as well as information on hospital functions such as the institutional review board, cancer programs, and accredited continuing medical education programs. The Medical Staff Services Handbook, Second Edition also contains helpful information about technology and its applications in the medical staff services department. The law chapter points out areas that can lead to serious legal problems and methods to avoid these. This text can be used as a training tool for new employees; as a resource for areas that the medical staff services professional may not work with on a regular basis; to assist with standardizing processes in the medical staff services department; and as a tool for leadership training for physician leaders.

The Medical Staff Services Handbook, Second Edition is not just an introductory text – it goes beyond the basics. It is a comprehensive review of all information needed to prepare for the NAMSS certification examinations. Including chapter quizzes, PowerPoints and an accompanying CD ROM with dozens of useful forms and policies, this text is the most comprehensive educational resource for all functions performed in the medical staff services department. It is a useful reference for those who are studying to sit for the certification examinations sponsored by the National Association Medical Staff Services.

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Chapter  1  Introduction to Medical Staff Services
Chapter  2  Health Care Organization Accreditation
Chapter  3  The Medical Staff Organization
Chapter  4  Medical Staff Bylaws & Related Documents
Chapter  5  Physician Executives and Other Paid Medical Staff Leaders
Chapter  6  Hospital Credentialing
Chapter  7  Hospital Privileging
Chapter  8  Credentialing Allied Health Professionals
Chapter  9  The Managed Care Credentials Process
Chapter  10  Credentialing in a Healthcare System and Credentials Verification Organizations
Chapter  11  The Role of the Medical Staff in Quality Improvement
Chapter  12  Program-specific Accreditation
Chapter  13  Physician Health & Behavior Issues
Chapter  14  Effective Meeting Management
Chapter  15  Introduction to the Law
Chapter  16  Medical Staff Law and Important Legal Cases
Chapter  17  Supporting Fair Hearing Procedures
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Cindy A. Gassiot, CPMSM, CPCS-Medical Staff Management

Cindy A. Gassiot, CPMSM, CPCS is a consultant in medical staff services management as well as coordinator and faculty for the medical staff services degree program of El Centro College, Dallas. Ms. Gassiot is a past president of the National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) and was the first recipient of the Golden Key Award by NAMSS for contributions made to the certification program. The Texas Society for the Medical Staff Services also honored her by establishing a scholarship award in her name.

Ms. Gassiot has published several books on medical staff services science, including three editions of Handbook of Medical and Professional Staff Management. She co-authored AHP Competencies: A Method for Effective Assessment, published by HcPro in 2005 and the Core Curriculum published by NAMSS.

Vicki L. Searcy, CPMSM-Searcy Resource Group, LLC, Seattle, Washington

Vicki L. Searcy, CPMSM is the President of Searcy Resource Group, LLC, a healthcare consulting firm specializing in the field of medical staff organization management and quality improvement. She is a popular speaker at conferences, seminars, and Medical Staff and Board retreats, speaking on a variety of topics such as credentialing, privileging, peer review, and competency management. She is nationally recognized as a leading innovator and pioneer in the field of designing systems related to physician competency, development of privilege delineation systems as well as physician profiling. She has been a successful implementer of the "paperless" Medical Staff Office.

Vicki is co-author of Professional Excellence=Professional Advancement "101 Smart Things Every Medical Staff Services Professionals Should Do" (published by Searcy Resource Group, LLC, September 2005 and available from the National Association Medical Staff Services). She has written numerous articles related to issues in medical staff organization management and quality management, which have been published in a variety of newsletters and magazines.

Christina W. Giles, CPMSM, MS-Medical Staff Solutions

Christina W. Giles, CPMSM, MS is President of Medical Staff Solutions, a healthcare consulting company specializing in medical staff administrative issues. Chris has been in the field of medical staff services since 1981, and has served as President of the Massachusetts Association of Medical Staff Services, Northeast Regional representative on the board of directors of the National Association of Medical Staff Services, as a member of the Education Council and a NAMSS faculty member since 1989. She has created and presented national seminars on various medical staff administrative and management topics since 1989. She is a founding member of Edge-U-Cate, LLC, a speakers' bureau providing seminars and training on current healthcare topics.

Ms. Giles is a member of the advisory board for many of the HcPro newsletters and for "The Advisor for Medical and Professional Staff Services" published by C&R Publications. She is a contributing author to The Credentialing Handbook published by Aspen publishers and contributing author to A Guide to AHP Credentialing published by HcPro. She is currently serving as faculty for the medical staff services degree program at El Centro College, Dallas, Texas.

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