Ask the expert: What do medical staffs do with the results of a criminal background check?
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, January 7, 2011
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Some healthcare facilities prohibit healthcare professionals from joining their medical staffs if they were convicted of certain crimes, such as those against persons, related to moral turpitude (e.g., inappropriate relations with a patient), and related to narcotics or controlled substances. However, most experts caution against this inflexible approach. Instead, they recommend that hospitals consider the information in light of how it relates to maintaining patient safety and protecting the reputation of the hospital and its medical staff. Your medical staff’s policies about processing criminal background checks should be contained in the bylaws.
Today’s question and answer are from Ready, Set, Credential!, Second Edition, by Nancy C. Lian, CPMSM, CPCS, published by HCPro, Inc.
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