• E-mail
• Print
• RSS

Ask the expert: What information needs to be evaluated before granting privileges?

Credentialing Resource Center Connection, August 9, 2007

Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Credentialing Resource Center Connection!

For hospitals, The Joint Commission standards are clear regarding what type of information the medical staff must evaluate prior to granting privileges. Your organization must evaluate the following:

• Any previous or current challenges to the practitioner's license or registration
• A practitioner's voluntary or involuntary relinquishment of his or her license or registration
• A practitioner's voluntary or involuntary termination of his or her medical staff membership
• A practitioner's voluntary or involuntary restriction of clinical privileges, including the limitation, reduction, or loss thereof
• Evidence of unusual patterns or a high number of professional liability actions that result in final judgments against the applicant
• Documentation of the applicant's health status

More information can be found in The credentialing coordinator's handbook, by Anne Roberts, CPMSM, CPCS, available here.

Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Credentialing Resource Center Connection!

• E-mail to a Colleague
• Print
• RSS
• Archive