Sixty-two percent of emergency medicine physicians reported feeling burned out, according to the AMA’s Organizational Biopsy report, based on responses from more than 13,000 providers across 30 states.
For organizations moving toward the development of a criteria-based core privileging system, determining whether a certain procedure or privilege is core or special/noncore can be problematic. Core are those procedures or privileges that any well-trained physician within a particular specialty...
Increasingly, organizations are implementing policies for evaluating older members of the medical staff—often for practitioners at age 70, or earlier if self-referral occurs. The policy may contain steps such as the following.
Given the high stakes and complexity of provider enrollment, aligning the function with traditional medical staff services work requires a clear strategy, strong approaches, and adept staff. Otherwise, the process may unravel, jeopardizing revenue, care access, and practitioner satisfaction.
As of 2022, there were 1,044,734 physicians in the United States, according to a census report released by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). Based on an estimated U.S. population of 333 million people, that means there are approximately 313 licensed physicians per 100,000 people.
Privileges are permissions that have been granted to a physician or other licensed independent practitioner to provide specific patient care services, which may include the ability to admit, treat, manage, and perform procedures. The term “privileging” refers to the process the hospital and...