Structuring a clearly defined hospital process for new and special privileges is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, maintain patient safety, and protect against liability.
Whether it’s shifting verification and paperwork responsibilities, workforce shortages, provider onboarding delays, competency assessments, or interoperability challenges, medical staff services professionals contend with more than their share of change today.
Most organizations struggle to develop and implement a consistent, effective system for delineating privileges. Not only must the system ensure high-quality patient care, but it also must minimize a hospital’s legal risk and reduce conflicts among medical staff members.
The term emergency privileges usually refers to a situation in which a patient requires urgent care (i.e., the patient would be at risk of harm if he or she were moved), and no physician on the medical staff can provide the specific care necessary.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 2
For Brian Clark, BSN, MSNA, CRNA, credentialing became real the moment it stopped him from working. Clark entered his first credentialing experience confident in his clinical readiness and prepared to practice. What he did not anticipate was how quickly an administrative timing issue could...
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