Many medical staffs fail to screen for conflicts of interest in their decision-making processes, despite the need to ensure clinical decisions are made for the betterment of patient care, rather than for fame, glory, or the bottom line. Joint Commission standard LD.04.02.01 states that conflicts...
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There are a variety of viable ways to approach the delineation of medical history and physical exam (H&P) privileges. Attached is a sampling of core privilege statements for various disciplines. Some address H&Ps in explicit terms, and others use alternative language.
As clinic-based provider and hospitalist models have become more prevalent in healthcare, medical staff organizations have been tasked with developing mechanisms in their bylaws that allow clinic practitioners to have some involvement in the care of their patients who are in the hospital without...
This resource provides a great starting point for developing a policy on monitoring sanctions. Users should tailor the general guidelines throughout to their state and bylaws requirements.
Form users should ensure all policy elements comply with the specific spectrum of requirements to which their organization is bound (e.g., all relevant federal, state, accreditation, and certification requirements).
This tool facilitates a complete application submission. It serves as a quick and complete reference regarding membership and privileging requirements/criteria, saving practitioners and MSPs the headache of resolving incomplete and/or unqualified applications.
