Ask the expert: When is it okay to allow temporary privileging?
Credentialing Resource Center Insider, December 23, 2011
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Treat the granting of temporary privileges like using a fire extinguisher --not unless absolutely necessary and always with extreme caution.
Limit making the high-risk decision to instances when specific patient care needs must be met. Organizations are required by The Joint Commission to document the verification of the applicant’s current licensure and competence.
A practitioner with temporary privileges may have his or her application awaiting processing. All organizations should never grant privileges until the application is complete and includes:
· A completed application form
· Receipt of responses to queries from all appropriate data banks
· No negative responses to “red flag” questions
· Verification of educational and training history
· References vouching for the applicant’s competence
Grant temporary privileges infrequently and only when special situations call for it.
This week’s question and answer are from Core Privileges for AHPs: Develop and Implement Criteria-Based Privileging for Nonphysician Practitioners, Second Edition by Sally J. Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS.
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