Credentialing & Privileging (II)
Julie Groppi, PharmD\xa0- National Program Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Practice Policy and Standards, Department of Veteran's Affairs and\xa0Todd Nesbit, PharmD, MBA - Director of Pharmacy Patient Care Services, the Johns Hopkins Hospital - discuss the credentialing and privileging of pharmacists.\nKey Lessons\nCredentialing is the process of verifying someone education, training, certifications, and experience.\xa0\nPrivileging is the process of determining an appropriate scope of practice based\xa0on the practitioner's credentials and granting authority to carry out specific patient care services/decisions.\nAll health systems should credential the pharmacists\xa0they employ.\nPharmacists can be privileged to initiate, modify, continue, or discontinue medication therapies as well as order tests and referrals as needed to achieve treatment goals.\nA pharmacist's privileges may be restricted to specific drugs and disease (e.g. collaboratory drug therapy management agreement) or may be service-specific (e.g. all patients enrolled in or assigned to a specific clinical service unit).\nThe credentials necessary to be privileged to carry out advanced patient care services typically include residency training and board certification.\nView and Download the Show Notes!