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Ask the expert: What is a clinical assistant?

Published June 2009

A clinical assistant (CA) is an individual qualified by academic education and clinical experience or other training to provide patient care services in a clinical or supportive role. CAs provide services only under supervision of a member of the medical staff. CAs provide only those clinical services that are consistent with a written scope of care approved by the medical staff and senior management of the hospital or medical center. CAs are not members of the medical staff and are not privileged through the medical staff.

This week’s question and answer is from Ready, Set, Credential! Questions, Games, and Other Strategies to Train Your Staff, Second Edition, by Nancy C. Lian, CPMSM, CPCS.

Assessing the Competency of Low-Volume Practitioners:

The Joint Commission requires that hospitals verify physician competence using performance data. Yet organizations often have little or no data related to the competency of low- and no-volume physicians. Medical staff leaders are therefore challenged to develop a strategy that guides the hospital's relationship with low- and no-volume providers, and medical staff services departments are challenged to establish systems to verify physician competence. This fully updated book and CD-ROM set offers the necessary tools and strategies for medical staff leaders and professionals to manage the increasing number of low- and no-volume providers and comply with Joint Commission standards.

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