Matching the clinical privileges a practitioner requests to his or her demonstrated current competence is critical. To accomplish this goal, hospitals must develop and maintain a criteria-based...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 1
As APPs increasingly specialize in areas of practice, medical staff services departments (MSSD) must evolve their privileging practices to ensure that APPs are only granted privileges for the procedures they are competent to perform.
Key medical staff members and committees are responsible for reviewing the request for privileges and making recommendations. The process varies depending on the size and structure of the medical staff. A large hospital’s medical staff may have a number of committees performing this function....
