HCM 388 - Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9| QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 100% SOLVED| LATEST
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What is the main role of the organized medical staff? Purpose is to hold physicians
collectively accountable for patient safety and clinical performance through peer review
Governing boards bare ultimate responsibility for physician appointments
- True or False True
What is appointment? Offer of employment; assigning job
What does the organization have a duty to do when it comes to appointment of physicians?
- Review the credentials of medical staff appointments
- Privilege them to work
Could be held liable for harm caused by physicians under what to objectives? Respondent
superior and corporate liability
Board usually authorizes medical staff to review & make recommendations, but board makes
final decision, and they cannot give up their responsibilities
- True or False True
American courts treat the practice of medicine as a right rather than as a privilege
-True or False False
- Privilege rather than a right
, The state cannot limit or prevent the practice of medicine and physicians are guaranteed the
privilege to practice
- True or False False
- The state can limit or prevent them, and the physicians are not guaranteed privileges
Although hospitals have the power to strip the privilege of practice from physicians, they must
also what? Must treat physicians fairly and abide by federal laws
- Requirements/restrictions are allowed but must be applied across the board
- Extent of requirements set by the governing board
What are priviliges? Authorization to provide a specific service, procedure, or treat a certain
condition at a specified healthcare facility
What is credentialing? Establishing the qualification & competence of a physician through a
review of their licensure, training, and practice history
What two concepts help to ensure high-quality care & patient safety? Privileges and
credentialing
What is the most important aspect of the peer review process? Determining practitioners'
competency
- Must be objective, evidence-based, and fundamentally fair
What created the National Practitioner Data Bank? Health Care Quality Improvement Act
What does the National Practitioner Data Bank do? Collects and stores information about
healthcare practitioners, including physicians and other healthcare professionals
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What is the main role of the organized medical staff? Purpose is to hold physicians
collectively accountable for patient safety and clinical performance through peer review
Governing boards bare ultimate responsibility for physician appointments
- True or False True
What is appointment? Offer of employment; assigning job
What does the organization have a duty to do when it comes to appointment of physicians?
- Review the credentials of medical staff appointments
- Privilege them to work
Could be held liable for harm caused by physicians under what to objectives? Respondent
superior and corporate liability
Board usually authorizes medical staff to review & make recommendations, but board makes
final decision, and they cannot give up their responsibilities
- True or False True
American courts treat the practice of medicine as a right rather than as a privilege
-True or False False
- Privilege rather than a right
, The state cannot limit or prevent the practice of medicine and physicians are guaranteed the
privilege to practice
- True or False False
- The state can limit or prevent them, and the physicians are not guaranteed privileges
Although hospitals have the power to strip the privilege of practice from physicians, they must
also what? Must treat physicians fairly and abide by federal laws
- Requirements/restrictions are allowed but must be applied across the board
- Extent of requirements set by the governing board
What are priviliges? Authorization to provide a specific service, procedure, or treat a certain
condition at a specified healthcare facility
What is credentialing? Establishing the qualification & competence of a physician through a
review of their licensure, training, and practice history
What two concepts help to ensure high-quality care & patient safety? Privileges and
credentialing
What is the most important aspect of the peer review process? Determining practitioners'
competency
- Must be objective, evidence-based, and fundamentally fair
What created the National Practitioner Data Bank? Health Care Quality Improvement Act
What does the National Practitioner Data Bank do? Collects and stores information about
healthcare practitioners, including physicians and other healthcare professionals
