Indian Health Service medical staff credentialing and privileging guide /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Martin L.
Corporate Author:	United States. Indian Health Service
Other Authors:	Gemelas, Michele F.
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Rockville, Md.] : U.S. Public Health Service, Indian Health Service, [2005]
Subjects:	United States. > Indian Health Service > Officials and employees > Certification > Handbooks, manuals, etc. United States. > Indian Health Service. Medical personnel > Certification > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Credentialing > organization & administration > United States > Guideline. Medical Staff Privileges > organization & administration > United States > Guideline.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS104386

Description
Abstract:	The purpose of this guidebook is to assist the medical staffs and governing bodies of the Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and urban (I/T/U) health care facilities in carrying out their responsibilities to carefully credential and privilege all medical staff members. In addition to providing resource information, this document attempts to provide the reader with a more detailed description of the credentialing and privileging process. It attempts to incorporate both Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) concepts.
Item Description:	Title from title screen (viewed on July 28, 2006). "September, 2005." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	iv, 70 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from the IHS web site. Address as of 10/23/08: http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/NC4/Documents/revisedIHScredentialingguide.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.