Musculoskeletal oncology is the subspecialty of orthopedic surgery that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of children and adults with benign and malignant tumors of bone and connective soft tissues. This includes the diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care of patients with cancers that...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
Nuclear medicine technologists (NMTs) work under the direction of nuclear medicine physicians (MD or DO). The primary responsibilities of an NMT include preparing and administering radiopharmaceuticals; using radiation-detecting instruments for imaging procedures; supplying physicians with...
The revised Conditions of Participation (CoP) allow certain nonphysician practitioners, when determined to be eligible for appointment by the governing body, to have privileges like other medical staff members. These nonphysician practitioners may be advanced practice registered nurses...
The following steps are essential to successfully developing and implementing core privileges in any organization. The assumptions in all the steps are that medical staff leaders within your organization have already examined existing privileging practices and recognize the dilemmas associated...
A membership to the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) gives you a searchable database of continuously updated tools. Access physician specialty and subspecialty core privileging forms that are downloadable and customizable, so you can edit them to fit your medical staff’s specific needs. A CRC...
