This month, we continue to design an OPPE system that could be used in your facilty by looking at medical record completion as a communication performance measure. The examples offered in this series are just that--examples. They may or may not be relevant to the challenges in your organization...
A long-standing survey practice of The Joint Commission is to request a copy of the operating room schedule on the day the surveyor(s) are to visit the OR and then select specific practitioner files to compare their privileges to the procedures they are performing on that given day. This may...
Physician assistants (PA) in the emergency department (ED) are licensed to practice under physician supervision. According to the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), PAs have a number of responsibilities in the ED, including out-of-hospital patient care, patient triage, patient...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
One of the biggest challenges facing hospital medical staffs today is obtaining sufficient information to accurately document practitioner competency. It is easy to confirm that a practitioner held medical staff appointment at a healthcare facility and whether or not he or she...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
Healthcare organizations facing staffing shortages may resort to granting temporary privileges and using locum tenens physicians. However, without full credentials verification, credentialing and privileging professionals may clinically and legally endanger patients and healthcare...
