WSMA Policy: Hospitals: Medical Staff Self Governance

The WSMA believes the organizational and structural mechanism best suited to action protecting the patients’ best interest is the self-governing medical staff. (HMS Rpt A, ’90) (Reaffirmed A-23)

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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:

EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health Services