TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Credentialing and Privileging A1 - Dillon, Deborah L. PY - 2021 T2 - Successful Transition to Practice: A Guide for the New Nurse Practitioner, 1e AB - The next step in your employment process may require you to apply for healthcare system credentialing and privileging. This process is also part of the employment on-boarding for all hospital-based practitioners. The US Department of Health and Human Services definition for credentialing is “the process of assessing and confirming the qualifications of a licensed or certified health care provider.”1 The Joint Commission defines credentialing as “the process of obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a practitioner to provide care or services in or for a health care organization.”2 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189768181 ER -