Medical Staff Bylaws and Shared Governance
This Viewpoint discusses the rise in the proportion of US physicians formally employed by hospitals and health care systems; highlights ways in which medical staff bylaws promote physicians’ roles in hospital governance and preserve their autonomy in clinical care; and points out limits to the use of such bylaws.
Authors
- Sean Matthew McBride (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9676-1669)
- Barak D. Richman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7172-9956)
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- George Washington University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.10908
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.13