Tip of the week: Collect clinical data and references during the credentialing process
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, September 30, 2010
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Hospitals are changing the way they do business and collecting more information. In the past, many hospitals and their medical staffs have not routinely requested information about the number and types of procedures that a practitioner has performed. Without sufficient clinical information that shows the applicant to be clinically competent to perform the procedure or privileges requested, the application should be considered incomplete and should not be processed. Hospitals and their medical staffs should require that every application include data regarding the number and type(s) of clinical activities the practitioner performed and the time period(s) during which he or she performed these activities.
This week’s tip is from Core Privileges for AHPs, by Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS and Sally J. Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS.
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