Chapter 8 Flashcards
Importance of delineating clinical privileges
the process by which the medical staff determines precisely what procedures a physician is authorized to perform. This determination is based on predetermined criteria as to what credentials are necessary to competently perform the privileges requested.
Governing Body Responsibility
the selection of the organization’s professional staff and ensuring that applicants to the organization’s medical staff are qualified to perform the clinical privileges requested. The courts have prohibited an organization from acting unreasonably or capriciously in rejecting physicians for staff appointments or in limiting their privileges.
Under what circumstances should the hospital be liable for a physician’s negligence?
The physician is not liable for exercising his best judgment in following a course of treatment that is supported by a reputable and respected body of medical experts.
