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O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | M A R C H 2 0 1 5
Are You Getting the Full Picture on Your Docs?
You have to look long and hard to verify a physician's credentials.
I
f a doctor
at your
facility per-
forms a proce-
dure that he's
not credentialed
to do and there
are adverse out-
comes, you
could be open-
ing yourself up
to possible liti-
gation. The fol-
lowing case of
an anesthesiolo-
gist who operat-
ed on people's
backs at same-
day surgery cen-
ters in North
Jersey, even
though he was
untrained in spine surgery, provides a clear example of the impor-
tance of careful and thorough credentialing for physicians and
other allied healthcare professionals who apply for privileges at
your facility.
M E D I C A L M A L P R A C T I C E
Karen Wright, RN, BSN, ARM, CPHRM
z PROPER CREDENTIALING You have the legal and ethical obli-
gation to ensure that patients undergoing procedures receive
care from appropriately credentialed healthcare professionals.
