Tip of the week: When establishing locum tenens’ competence, make sure you go back far enough in time
Credentialing & Verification Update, February 10, 2009
When credentialing and privileging a locum tenens practitioner, your competency data collection efforts should cover one year of the applicant’s history at a minimum, according to some experts. Keep in mind that your facility’s bylaws may require you to go back even further. And if the reports you receive raise questions about a practitioner, then you should go back as far as you need to acquire sufficient information to determine whether there is a troubling pattern that might affect your privileging decision.
The preceding text is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the January 2008 issue of Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider. Click here to read the entire article.
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