Credentialing & Privileging

Tip of the week: Tips from the Credentialing 101 series, part VI

Credentialing Resource Center Connection, March 27, 2008

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From September 2007 through the April 2008 issues, the Briefings on Credentialing newsletter featured a series of Credentialing 101 articles. Each article focused on a single credentialing topic, and provided a refresher course for the seasoned pro and a just-the-facts introduction for the new MSP on the block. This week's tip is from the article "Assessing and monitoring nonprivileged AHPs," printed in the March 2008 issue:

Every hospital will need to tailor its AHP policy to its unique needs. However, it is best practice to include the following universal elements in every policy:

  • Intent of the policy
  • Enumeration of the specific disciplines of nonprivileged AHPs (i.e., clinical assistants) permitted to provide care in the organization
  • General minimal qualifications of applicants
  • Relationship of the clinical assistant to the medical staff member
  • Application content and process
  • Scope of care
  • Level of supervision
  • Categories of patients who may be treated
  • Medical record charting responsibilities
  • Expectations of professional ethics and conduct
  • Method of authorization
  • Initial and subsequent evaluation of competence
  • Suspension, modification, or termination of permission to provide services

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