Tip of the week: Brush up on disaster privileging procedures and terminology

The Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals (ESAR-VHP) launched a new website that allows interested providers to register in advance to assist in emergency situations, such as a natural disaster. MSPs can use the information collected by this website to help issue disaster privileges. Don’t let the terminology confuse you. The Joint Commission uses the term emergency privileges to mean privileges issued for an urgent, specific patient care need. The accreditor uses the term disaster privileges to mean privileges usually assigned to a number of providers to provide services during a wide-reaching emergency, such as a natural disaster.

Via www.CredentialingResourceCenter.com/blog