No one can convert to privileging alone. You need to get the right people on your side for the transformation to occur. Securing the support of these allies can be tricky, but it’s pivotal to your success. You will need support primarily from three bodies:
Clinical Privilege White Papers outline sample privileging criteria and background research for a wide array of medical specialty and subspecialty areas, procedures and new technologies, and allied health specialties and subspecialties. Download a sample Clinical Privilege White Paper for...
Editor's note: HCPro's Credentialing Resource Center is constantly adding to and updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers, which outline sample privileging criteria and background research for a wide range of medical specialty and subspecialty areas, procedures and new...
Q: We are a system of multiple hospitals, and each has its own medical staff bylaws. Is it advisable to allow individual hospital medical staff policies if our organization is trying to develop consistency across all hospitals? Or is it acceptable and recommended to have separate bylaws...
In the past, medical staffs appointed new members for a provisional period, typically for six to 12 months, during which time they monitored the practitioner’s performance. This provisional status/period need no longer exist because The Joint Commission’s FPPE and OPPE regulations have replaced...
Bylaws serve as the governing documents of the medical staff and must meet the hospital’s accreditor’s standards, state and federal regulations, and the needs of the hospital’s medical staff. The Guide to Medical Staff...
