It’s important for credentials committee members to understand that they are involved directly or indirectly in developing an excellent privileging process. Privileging involves four distinct, ongoing steps.

A recent report by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) identified six barriers adversely affecting the electronic sharing of information between hospitals. The report was given to Congress and charts trends and usage of health technology for 2018.

An approach hospital may use to bring disruptive behavior policies to life is providing every new physician with the same messages from the chief of staff during orientation and the credentials interview. Download this excerpt from a disruptive behavior poilcy from Glendale Adventist Medical Center in Glendale, California. It has been published with permission.

As a space created for the provision of high-quality care, hospitals have the right to implement policies that they believe enhance patient care. Hospital policies concerning social media use and even mobile device use may prove extremely beneficial both in preserving the reputation of the hospital’s clinicians—and by extension, the hospital—and ensuring high-quality care.

A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint Commission, which argues the researchers reached faulty conclusions due to a number of methodological flaws.

Patient misidentification is an underreported problem that still plagues healthcare. Despite electronic records, bar codes, and checklists, many patients end up getting the wrong procedure, medicine, care, or diagnosis.

Brad Truax, MD, is board-certified in both neurology and internal medicine, and has more than 20 years of experience in medical administration and patient safety. He spoke with Medical Staff Briefing about patient mix-ups: why they still happen and what can be done to stop them.

Undersea and hyperbaric medicine is a unique subspecialty of emergency medicine that involves the therapeutic use of oxygen under pressure to treat disease. The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) defines hyperbaric oxygen treatment as an intervention in which an individual breathes near-100% oxygen while inside a hyperbaric chamber that is pressurized to greater than sea-level pressure.

Use this sample draft criteria to begin writing or revising your privilege form for hyperbaric medicine. This criteria is inspired by our white paper content for privileging research on the fly.

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