title: Medical staff privileging: how to avoid pitfalls in the administrative process.
abstract: In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging. Medical staff bylaws that contain substantive and procedural requirements serve as guides to the privileging process. The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 sets standards for peer review activities; the Act also provides limited immunity for peer review.
mesh_terms: D003249:Constitution and Bylaws; D006075:Governing Board / Q000458:organization & administration; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010380:Peer Review; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States