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July 2008 (Volume 5, Issue 7)	view entire issue

Joint Commission suspends revised standard MS.1.20 implementation
The Joint Commission's Board of Commissioners agreed May 30 to suspend the implementation of revised standard MS.1.20. The revised standard, which has generated significant controversy in the past few months, was slated to take effect January 1, 2009. The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) approved the revised standard MS.1.20 in June 2007. Shortly after, controversy surrounding the revisions spurred the accreditor to establish a task force to define and refine the standard's intent. The task force has since recommended the suspension of the revised standard MS.1.20 and will present its full report on the issue to The Joint Commission's Board of Commissioners in August.

Avoid three pitfalls common to the core privileging method
Criteria-based core privileging is a clinical privilege delineation method now used by a majority of healthcare organizations nationwide. However, as core privileging becomes more prevalent, some common problems are emerging. All of these problems can be rectified, even prevented, by designing your facility's core privileges carefully and with thoughtful input, and by building some flexibility into the system. Stated simply, core privileging is a process by which a facility grants a practitioner clinical privileges to perform a group of procedures or to conduct a group of clinical activities/services based on his or her education, training, and experience in a specialty or subspecialty.

Other recently-published articles from Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider:

Address telemedicine, contracted physicians, and advanced practice professionals in medical staff bylaws

Facilities collaborate to overcome credentialing and peer review hurdles

Improve physician behavior using patient satisfaction data

Effective leadership training prevents lawsuits, ensures regulatory compliance

Ensure physicians know restrictions on standing orders

Sentinel Event Alert: Evaluate disruptive behavior policies

Ensure appropriate competency assessments for AHPs

Overcome barriers to the effective use of physician quality data

Avoid three pitfalls common to the core privileging method

Joint Commission suspends revised standard MS.1.20 implementation

Hospitals’ creative solutions ensure adequate ED coverage

Hospital management benefits from transparent, communicative culture

Bylaws or policies and procedures should accommodate physicians called to active duty

Limit liability by implementing best practices for physician hearings

Be prepared to scrutinize all privilege requests during reappointment process to comply with regulations

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