Credentialing becomes a priority for JCAHO.
Your medical staff credentialing and peer review policies could come under careful scrutiny in the coming months as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations takes aim at the effectiveness and professionalism of evaluation processes. At its most recent Executive Briefings Conference, the Joint Commission developed a list of characteristics for peer review that eventually could be incorporated into Joint Commission standards.
D003406:Credentialing / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges / Q000592:standards*; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States