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Use of Board Certification and Recertification in Hospital Privileging—Invited Critique
L. D. Britt, MD, MPH
Arch Surg. 2009;144(8):752.
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The results of a telephone survey conducted by the authors are quite alarming, particularly the findings that one-third of the hospitals surveyed do not require surgeons and subspecialists ever to be board certified and that 82% of all hospitals and two-thirds of hospitals whose policies require recertification allow surgeons and nonsurgical specialists to retain privileges when board certification expires. The executive officials of some of the specialty boards question these results, highlighting that the percentage (approximately 33%) of hospitals never requiring surgeons and nonsurgical subspecialists to be board certified to receive or to maintain hospital credentials is likely an overestimation. However, with only approximately 400 hospitals (of >6000 nationwide) having more than 500 beds, it is feasible that smaller community hospitals are unable to attract physicians/surgeons who have successfully completed their board certification requirements. Whether the cohort of hospitals in this survey (with an overall . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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