Chapter 19/20 - Medical Staff / Workplace Law Flashcards
medical executive committee (MEC)
The primary governance committee for the independent medical staff. The MEC, with input from the medical staff, makes key leadership decisions related to medical staff policies, procedures, and rules, with an emphasis on quality control and quality improvement initiatives. They are also responsible for adopting and implementing medical staff policies and procedures, and creating medical staff appointment and reappointment criteria.
Also called medical staff executive committee
active medical staff
Medical staff that has all the responsibilities of medical staff membership and all the privileges. They can serve as medical staff officers and chair medical staff committees.
Sometimes called regular medical staff.
associate medical staff
Medical staff that has all the responsibilities of medical staff membership and all the privileges. However, they cannot serve as medical staff officers or chair medical staff committees.
courtesy medical staff
Medical staff who have a primary clinical practice at another facility. This allows for a limited number of hospital admissions without the responsibilities of membership.
consulting medical staff
Medical staff who do not admit patients but who serve as consultants to other members of the medical staff. They typically do not have to attend committee meetings and cannot serve as medical staff officers.
honorary medical staff
Medical staff who practice very little and may not admit patients, but their reputation and previous service to the hospital is such that the hospital wishes to recognize their contribution.
affiliate medical staff
Medical staff who are non-physicians who are allowed to join the staff. There may be restrictions on what role these members have on committees and what, if any, voting privileges they have.
National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS)
an association for medical staff professionals in the United States
primary source verification
verification of a person’s credentials from the originating source (e.g. verifying you graduated from college by going to that college for a degree verification)
credentials verification organization (CVO)
an organization that gathers and verifies the background, licensing, schooling, continuing education, and other performance measures of an applicant for a healthcare organization
locum tenens
a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for a physician or clergyman
due process
the legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person
duress
threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
A set of guidelines created by the joint effort of four federal agencies. The guidelines are designed to aid in the achievement of America’s goal of equal employment opportunity without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
