Ask the expert: Can different types of practitioners use different criteria for the same privilege?
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, April 24, 2008
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A challenge that commonly arises in addressing “crossover” privileges occurs when one type of practitioner (e.g., a physician assistant) requires different criteria for the same privilege requested by another type (e.g., advance practice registered nurse). To solve this problem, the medical staff can adopt a single criterion that just happens to have two options within it. Interpreting this as a uniform standard depends somewhat on semantics. However, many organizations that have used this approach have met the regulatory requirement for a uniform (or equivalent) standard of care throughout the organization.
This week’s answer is from Core Privileges for AHPs: A Practical Approach to Developing and Implementing Criteria-Based Privileges, by Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, and Sally J. Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS.
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