Although it is important for the medical staff to meet regularly, streamlining your process can save your hospital big money. By simply eliminating one medical staff meeting, you could save more than $2,000 in physician, staff, and administrative time. Where do these savings come from? For each...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 6
A clinical assistant is a type of allied health professional that does not require privileging through the medical staff but does require competence assessment through The Joint Commission human resources standards. A hospital's governing body periodically determines the categories of...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 6
A medical staff member wishes to apply for new privileges to perform carotid artery stenting. The vascular surgeons at your hospital feel that it is their responsibility to determine who in the organization can perform this procedure. However, the departments of interventional radiology,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 5
That decision is up to your hospital and the state. Some institutions consider dentists, psychologists, and podiatrists to be medical staff members, while others consider them AHPs. Most institutions consider physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners (certified nurse-...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 5
Last week, we discussed selecting the right indicators for your physician competency report. Once you have selected the appropriate indicators for each of the six core competencies, it is time to start collecting data, but this can be a challenge for many hospitals with limited data collection...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 5
It is always useful to examine and dispel common myths regarding clinical privileges. One of the most common is that clinical privileges are "owned by physicians." Physicians are granted privileges by the board upon recommendation by the medical staff. Many physicians have difficulty...
