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Sound policy ensures scrutiny of locum tenens' credentials
January 2008
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From time to time, most hospitals will require the services of a locum tenens practitioner. Due to the temporary nature of these positions, credentialing and privileging such practitioners can be challenging and labor-intensive.
Although in some cases, Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) standards allow you to truncate the standard credentialing process to ensure that patient care needs are met, these relaxed standards are not always applicable to all situations.
In fact, most facilities conduct a more rigorous review (e.g., National Practitioner Data Bank [NPDB] reports, malpractice history, etc.) even under circumstances in which the relaxed standards are applicable. To ensure that locum tenens practitioners are always subject to an appropriate level of scrutiny before you permit them to practice at your facility, it is important for the medical staff bylaws or policies and procedures documents to address this unique type of healthcare provider.
