Assess how hospitals can assign responsibility for artificial intelligence (AI) oversight, respond to physician performance concerns, and incorporate competency into existing medical staff policies without getting ahead of evolving standards.
One recurring theme among clinicians is the growing emphasis on evaluating real-world performance rather than relying solely on historical documentation.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 10
A recent case examines the tension between a physician’s efforts to obtain information about a disputed recertification decision and the confidentiality protections afforded to medical peer review.
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.
Although civilian health systems operate under different governance structures and requirements, a recent initiative from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) offers lessons for organizations looking to standardize privileging across multiple hospitals.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 35, Issue 9
Organizations have a responsibility to continually evaluate the competency of providers—yet in today’s healthcare environment, they should not assume low volume is evidence of incompetence. Instead, low volume should be treated as a signal to examine the available evidence of a provider’s...
