Hospital credentialing standards for physicians who perform endoscopies.

Abstract

This document was developed to guide hospitals in making credentialling determinations involving endoscopy. Granting hospital privileges to a physician with inadequate qualifications obviously has important patient-care, economic, and legal implications. Particularly when privileges involve expensive, invasive procedures such as endoscopy, the prudent hospital will determine if the applicant for privileges has the training and experience needed to ensure competence in the procedure and in translating the information gained from it into an appropriate course of action.