Patient Assessment & Clinical Evaluation Flashcards
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What best describes 'core privileges' in a privileging system?
Answer: A bundle of activities any appropriately trained practitioner in the specialty is competent to perform
Core privileges group the baseline procedures expected of anyone with standard training in a specialty.
An applicant requests privileges for robotic surgery. What is the strongest evidence of current clinical competence?
Answer: A recent case log showing procedure volume and outcomes
Recent procedure volume and outcome data show current competence in the specific privilege requested.
A low-volume practitioner has too few cases at your hospital to produce meaningful OPPE data. What is the best approach?
Answer: Obtain performance data or peer references from another facility where they actively practice
Organizations may supplement scant internal data with external performance information or peer evaluations.
Under Joint Commission standards, temporary privileges granted to meet an important patient care need may not exceed how long?
Answer: 120 days
The Joint Commission caps temporary privileges at 120 days.
Who should ideally perform peer review of an orthopedic surgeon's clinical cases?
Answer: A practitioner with similar training and specialty
Valid peer review requires a reviewer with comparable training and clinical expertise.
An adverse privileging action based on professional competence must be reported to the NPDB when it lasts longer than how many days?
Answer: 30 days
Adverse clinical privilege actions lasting more than 30 days must be reported to the NPDB.
For telemedicine practitioners, how may an originating-site hospital credential them under CMS and Joint Commission rules?
Answer: It may rely on the distant site's credentialing and privileging decisions under a written agreement
Credentialing by proxy lets the originating site use the distant site's decisions when a qualifying agreement exists.
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