Credentialing and Privileging of Pharmacists: A Resource Paper from the Council on Credentialing in Pharmacy.

A review of American pharmacy: education, training, technology, and practice

In the United States, pharmacists are responsible for the provision of safe, effective, efficient, and accountable medication related-care for hospital and health-system patients. Leveraging automated technologies, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacist extenders are the means through which efficient, effective, and safe medication use processes are created and maintained. These strategies limit ...

Scope of contemporary pharmacy practice: roles, responsibilities, and functions of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of the current context and scope of pharmacy practice, the range of professional services offered by pharmacists, and the supporting role of pharmacy technicians. DATA SYNTHESIS A synopsis of the current state of pharmacy practice as it relates to the spectrum of professional roles and responsibilities, the diversity of patient populations served, the complexi...

TH-B-12A-01: TG124 "A Guide for Establishing a Credentialing and Privileging Program for Users of Fluoroscopic Equipment in Healthcare Organizations".

Fluoroscopy credentialing and privileging programs are being instituted because of recorded patient injuries and the widespread growth in fluoroscopy use by operators whose medical education did not include formal fluoroscopy training. This lack of training is recognized as a patient safety deficiency, and medical physicists and health physicists are finding themselves responsible for helping t...

OR managers' role as gatekeepers for MD credentialing, privileging.

Guidelines for privileging and credentialing physicians for sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse.

Surgically complex procedures require a balance of knowledge, surgical skill, and experience with appropriate ongoing surgical volume and monitoring of outcomes and adverse events. Sacrocolpopexy has the potential to improve patient outcomes. These guidelines are meant to provide guidance for privileging and credentialing of physicians planning to implement or continue to use this procedure in ...