How do you know the practitioners you work with have the right education, training and certification?
Thanks to Ballad Health’s medical staff services team, our team members and patients can be assured all physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who practice at Ballad Health are appropriately educated, licensed and trained in their specialty. The work our med staff services team does affects everyone who seeks medical care, and their contribution and dedication aids the quality and safety of patient care.
“Their role is pivotal and integral to Ballad Health’s quest to be a zero-harm and a nationally recognized top-decile health system,” said Dr. Amit Vashist, Ballad Health’s chief clinical officer. “I could not be prouder of the work of our entire medical staff services team under very trying circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The medical staff services team is dedicated to thoroughly investigating and verifying the credentials of the healthcare practitioners our team members work with every day. In their essential role as gatekeepers of patient safety, their duties include medical staff organization, accreditation, regulatory compliance and provider competency.
Thank you to our medical staff services team!
Central verification office team
- Lisa Bailey, Dawn Bennett, Kim Keene, Diana McCombs, Tammy Pemberton, Amy Trivett, Mary Breslin Rodriguez, corporate director for medical staff services
Facility teams
- Bristol Regional Medical Center: Melissa McCall-Burton, Leshia Nichols, Josie Sturgill
- Franklin Woods Community Hospital: Hilliary Phillips
- Greeneville Community Hospital: Diane Birdwell
- Holston Valley Medical Center/Indian Path Community Hospital/Hawkins County Memorial Hospital/Hancock County Hospital: Stephanie Kingsbury
- Johnson County Community Hospital/Sycamore Shoals Hospital: Julie Workman
- Johnson City Medical Center: Sara Tuggle, Amy Young
- Johnston Memorial Hospital: Lisa Cardwell
- Lee County Community Hospital/Lonesome Pine Hospital/Dickenson Community Hospital: Misty Myers
- Russell County Hospital/Smyth County Community Hospital: Sarah Johnson
- Unicoi County Hospital: Lydia Snyder
