| Summary |
The purpose of this guidebook is to assist the medical staffs and governing bodies of the Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and urban (I/T/U) health care facilities in carrying out their responsibilities to carefully credential and privilege all medical staff members. In addition to providing resource information, this document attempts to provide the reader with a more detailed description of the credentialing and privileging process. It attempts to incorporate both Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) concepts. |
| General note | Title from title screen (viewed on July 28, 2006). |
| General note | "September, 2005." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet from the IHS web site. Address as of 10/23/08: http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/NC4/Documents/revisedIHScredentialingguide.pdf ; current access available via PURL. |
| GPO item number | 0486-K-01 (online) |
| Govt. docs number |
HE 20.308:C 86 |
