title: Duties and potential liability of nonhospital entities in credentialing physicians.
abstract: This article discusses the duties of hospital governing boards, medical staffs, medical staff officers, and individual medical staff members regarding the credentialing of physicians, including the potential liability of these groups for negligent medical care and wrongful denial of staff privileges. This article also proposes possible measures these groups may take to avoid or limit their exposure to such liability.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006075:Governing Board; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009934:Organization and Administration; D010380:Peer Review; D008486:Physician Executives; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States