March 2010 - Trident Health System

APRIL 2010 Medical Staff Services 843-847-4946Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1 234 5 6 12:00pm 7 7:00am 8 5:30pm 9 12:00pm 10EasterTumor Board Café AClinical Care ReviewConf. Room11 12 13 7:00am 14 7:00am 15 1:00pm 16 7:30am 17IRB Comm. Boardroom8:00amER/TraumaCafé A12:00pmTumor BoardCafé A18 19 20 7:00am 21 8:00am 22 23 2425 26 5:00pm 27 12:00pm 28 7:30pm 29BioethicsCafé AMed ExecBoardroom12:00pmTumor BoardCafé A5:30pm Dept Mtgs*6:30pm Qtrly Staff **Tumor BoardCafé AClinical EffectivenessCafé AInfec ControlCafé A5:30pmCritical CareCafé APerinatal M&MCafé ACredentialsBoardroomPatient SafetyCafé B30“New Drug Update”by Marlea Wellein,PharmDCafé AUtil MgmtResource MgmtConf RoomMedical Executive Committee ReportThe following actions were approved bythe Medical Executive Committee andthe Board of Trustees from November2009 through January 18, 2010. All currentpolicies are located on the Trident HealthSystem Intranet, or please contact TerriCoburn, director of medical staff services,at teresa.coburn@hcahealthcare.com or at843-847-4559 for a copy.• Revision of Delineation of Privileges: The Departmentof Medicine and the Department of Women’s and Children’sServices, along with the Credentials Committee, MEC andBoard of Trustees approved revisions of the followingdelineation of privileges:1. Emergency Medicine2. OB/GYN3. Pediatrics / Neonatology4. Certified Nurse Midwife• Internal Problem Resolution Policy: This policy clarifiesguidelines to be used by Medical Staff Leadership,and appropriate documentation, when holding informalconversations with Medical Staff membersregarding complaints in an attempt to rectifypotential disciplinary situations prior to theinitiation of formal actions being taken by the MEC.•MD Co-Signatures on APP Orders: Increased the timerequirement for sponsoring physicians to cosignAdvanced Practice Professionals (APP), including PAs,NPs and CNMs, orders from 24 to 48 hours.TridentHealthSystem.comMedstaff Communications MARCH 2010 15