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.
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Credentialing and privileging regulations for advanced practice professionals (APP) are currently a loose patchwork of federal and state statutes. Given this variability, today’s discussion centers on strategies that MSPs and medical staff leaders can use to identify and apply relevant laws to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 34, Issue 10
Consider fortifying focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) materials with provisions specifically for practitioners whose privileges have lapsed.
In some form or another, almost every practitioner has either heard of or been involved in a privileging criteria dispute. Fortunately, there are ways to resolve the situation—or to avoid it altogether.