Bylaws and Rules & Regulations
Modernize governance documents to optimize effectiveness and efficiency
Reviewing and updating bylaws gives the medical staff the opportunity to improve physician engagement, effect meaningful change, and implement leading practices that are responsive to the current complex environment. As a team of consultants who are also physicians, we have the experience to anticipate and overcome resistance to change and the empathy to create modernized governance structures that work with the unique culture of a complex healthcare organization.
Bylaws and rules & regulations redesign
Working with physicians, administrators, and legal counsel, we facilitate a collaborative session to redesign an organization’s approach to bylaws and/or rules & regulations in alignment with its unique culture. We focus on legal and regulatory requirements as well as best practice options where variability is allowed. We support medical staff leaders by documenting the rationale for changes, and can assist in socializing the changes to secure approval by the medical staff.
Bylaws and rules & regulations review
We work with clients to review medical staff governance documents, specifically assessing for regulatory compliance (and providing compliant language, as needed), and identifying opportunities to implement leading practices.
Clear guidance for compliance
Careful vetting of bylaws and thoughtful rewriting or reorganizing are only the first steps—recognizing and overcoming resistance to change are important steps to achieving alignment and a return on investment.
- Decrease unnecessary administrative burdens
- Improve physician satisfaction by standardizing cross-system processes
- Enhance autonomy and control through bylaws and rules & regulations
- Foster a collaborative and productive coexistence between hospital and medical staff
- Mitigate the potential for litigation
We now have uniform medical staff bylaws across our five hospitals. Aligning the medical staffs of each hospital was a significant lift and I cannot thank Chartis Clinical Quality enough for their help and expertise throughout the process.
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Meet our Bylaws and Rules & Regulations leaders
Andrew Resnick, MD
Andrew Resnick, MD, is Chief Medical and Quality Officer and is a Senior Partner in Clinical Transformation, where he leads the High Reliability Care practice.
Christian Dankers, MD
Christian Dankers, MD, serves as the firm’s Associate Chief Medical and Quality Officer and is a Partner in Clinical Transformation. Christian is focused on the expansion of clinical quality and high reliability care, bringing together capabilities in medical staff optimization, quality, patient safety, and clinical operations.
Jennifer Beloff, RN, MSN, APN
Jennifer Beloff, RN, MSN, APN, is a Partner in Clinical Transformation focused on the expansion of clinical quality and high reliability care.
Lisa Eddy
Lisa Eddy, MSN, MHA, RN, CPHQ, is a Partner in Clinical Transformation. Lisa brings more than 25 years of consulting experience specializing in CMS certification and accrediting agency regulatory compliance.
