Special privileges require additional training and demonstrated competencies beyond those required for core privileges, enabling providers to perform such privileges competently and safely.
Through its new accreditation, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is reshaping accreditation around outcomes, community impact, and digital trust. But what does an outcomes-focused accreditation model look like in practice?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 10
Skill with artificial intelligence (AI) will emerge as a core professional competency that physicians must maintain as part of modern clinical practice, much like competence in using the electronic health record, interpreting diagnostic studies, or applying evidence-based guidelines.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 10
Fragmented oversight across quality, risk, compliance, and patient safety can let warning signs go unnoticed until regulators or plaintiffs’ attorneys connect them after the fact. That same fragmentation can also affect malpractice exposure.
Low-volume providers are, by definition, practitioners who perform very few procedures or admit or treat very few patients within their appointment cycle. At reappointment, these providers may request clinical privileges that they have not performed on a regular basis.
