Most hospitals allow physicians to hold privileges without board certification
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, September 29, 2009
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A new study indicates that the majority of hospitals are inconsistent in tying board certification to privileges. Eighty-two percent of all hospitals whose policies require recertification allow surgeons and non-surgical subspecialists to retain privileges after their board certification expires, according to the study, “Use of Board Certification and Recertification in Hospital Privileging,” published in the August issue of The Archives of Surgery.
That means only 5% of surgeons and 3% of non-surgical physicians who are required to be board certified are at the time the hospital grants them initial privileges.
HCPro received, and still is receiving, a huge response from readers who voiced their opinions regarding board certification as a measure of physician competence. Read on for the reader comments.
Part I: Join the conversation: Board certification and competency
Part II: Board certification conversation still going!
Part III: More talk of board certification
[via Credentialing Resource Center Blog]
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