Hospital credentialing and privileging of surgeons: A potential safety blind spot

JAMA

Volumn 313, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1313-1314

  Pradarelli, Jason C ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^b   Dimick, Justin B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEVICE SAFETY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; DEVICE APPROVAL; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARDS;

CREDENTIALING; DEVICE APPROVAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF PRIVILEGES; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGEONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927539583     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.1943     Document Type: Note

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