Medical credentialing is the process of verifying information about medical staff and physicians to ensure legitimacy and experience which certainly save human lives.

1. Medical Credentialing via Primary Source Verification: How
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Medical credentialing is the process performed to protect the public from substandard
and incompetent health care practitioners such as Doctors, physicians, nurses etc.
These health care practitioners make errors that ultimately led to problems with
patient safety and high quality care. In fact, superficial and inadequate credentials
review and evaluation are practices that can be fought with future risk management
problems.
The process of removing an incompetent practitioner from the medical staff can be
lengthy, emotionally and professionally exhausting, and fiscally damaging to a
hospital. Some experts estimate that nearly 7% of physician applications contain some
falsification. Listening to all these facts and the dangers attached to a human life, the
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importance of medical credentialing process to catch the inconsistencies cannot be
overestimated at any cost.
In addition, an ineffective medical credentialing process can be financially
problematic for a hospital. If a hospital does not properly credential a physician who
ultimately causes harm to a patient, the hospital can be held liable of a medical
malpractice lawsuit and also been financially accountable for the physician’s actions.
Three extremely aching things will happen after that;
1. A hospital will lose its reputation once and forever.
2. The trust of a patient in any other medical practitioner will be lost.
practitioner
3. Sever financial loss due to malpractice litigation and people can also be sent to
prison for that medical negligence.
On the other hand and on a positive side, comprehensive medical credentialing done
on the principals of primary source verification cannot only boost the reputation of a
hospital and its physicians but also they have been mentioned voluntarily by the
patients about their higher standards, quality service and excellent patient safety
measures.

2. What are the 5 Primary Source Verification Methods which strengthens the
Medical Credentialing Process?
Doctors and medical staff background check and medical credentialing through
primary source verification method is a process which needs expertise, experience and
care. As the credentials are being verified from the source of origin and it’s the origin
verification that means the process will be authentic and without doubts. For example,
this may include medical schools, licensing agencies, and specialty boards to
guarantee that statements about training, experience and other qualifications are
legitimate, unchallenged and appropriate.
In primary source verification method, medical credentialing background check
companies directly contacts a medical school or state medical board to verify
education and licensure, respectively. The core criteria defined as;
Professional Qualification, Training and Experience Verification
Educational qualification and all related elements can be verified by sending letters to
each institution individually (school, training program, specialty board, etc.).
Independent medical credentialing and background screening companies are helpful
in this regard as they are fast and accurate.
Perform Medical License Verification:
What can be revealed when doing medical credentialing via primary source
verification. Mentioned in 6 points below,
• State of licensure, license number, date of original licensure and expiration date
• Name (first and last) of the person initiating the verification call
• Name (first and last) of the person verifying the information
• Are there any current, past, or pending restrictions on the license?
• Are there any current, past, or pending disciplinary actions against the
practitioner?
Current Competence verification
Competence assessment is an important part of medical credentialing and it is carried
out on initial appointment and at least every two years thereafter, normally at the time
of reappointment/reappraisal. Competency Verification can be sent to the Medical
Director of the hospital under whom the person has worked in recent past.
Mental and Physical ability to perform requested Privileges:

3. Clinical privileges are limited by the individual's professional license, experience, and
competence. And ability of performing specific patient care, an adequate amount of
work knowledge and minimum experience should be judged via references and
patient medical records.
Criminal offence or Sexual Harassment Records Check:
There are many criminal offence and sexual harassment/abuse cases registered every
year. Doctors, dentists, nurses and other medical practitioners are being punished and
their licenses have been revoked. So it’s essential to check criminal background and
sex offender records of a person to ensure the patient safety.
Conclusion:
The above discussion and the primary source verification practice define the quality of
medical credentialing which is directly proportional to patient safety. Medical
Credentialing is a tough task to handle, as it holds fatal risks. So it’s essential for the
medical staff recruitment agencies and employers that they take help of credentialing
and background check companies, which are resourceful, experienced, fast and
accurate. It cannot only save a lot of hiring time and cost but it will help saying
innocent human lives.
Muhammad Saad Khan is a Writer, Social Media and Business Management
Thought Leader Working with Data flow Group, the world's leading primary
source verification company headquartered in Singapore. His current research is
about How Medical Credentialing via Primary Source Verification method is
helpful in saving human lives.