5 Considerations for Outsourcing the Medical Staff Services Department

Many hospitals choose to outsource certain support functions, such as housekeeping, transcription services, food services and supply chain management, in order to achieve cost savings.

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While those areas are commonly outsourced, one area that is often overlooked, but could be ripe for outsourcing, is the medical staff services department, according to a whitepaper by The Greeley Company.

Hospitals and health systems, especially those employing more physicians, growing their ranks of nurse practitioners and other advanced practice providers, or moving toward global contracting, can become more efficient by outsourcing their medical staff services department, according to the whitepaper.

“Outsourcing enables the organization to entrust its medical staff functions to a specialized, knowledgeable and efficient entity that knows how to reengineer its medical staff services department functions,” the whitepaper states.

Outsourcing can also deliver the following benefits, according to the whitepaper:

•    Increased revenue
•    Improved quality
•    Reduced risk
•    Predictable cost management
•    Increased physician satisfaction

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