Medical Staff Services - Oregon

Existing members: Update contact information or membership status, or relinquish or add privileges.

Resign membership and privileges at all PHSOR ministries. Submitted by practitioner only.

Medical Staff Services supports the professional staff and allied health professionals in the Oregon region, including:

• Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital
• Providence Medford Medical Center
• Providence Milwaukie Hospital
• Providence Portland Medical Center
• Providence Newberg Medical Center
• Providence Seaside Hospital
• Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
• Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center

Credentialing and verification is completed by our Regional Credentialing Office (RCO).

Professional Staff Services provides support to Providence professional staff leadership and the various committees and functions of the organized professional staff – consisting of almost 4,000 professional staff members and over 300 allied health professionals.

Details of qualifications, responsibilities and prerogatives for membership are set forth in the Professional Staff bylaws and policies. All individuals exercising privileges shall meet the qualifications, standards, requirements and responsibilities set forth in these and other policies and rules governing the hospital.

• Providence Oregon Professional Staff Bylaws
• Providence Oregon Professional Staff Policies and Procedures
• Providence Oregon Allied Health Professional Policies and Procedures
• Providence Oregon Professional Staff Peer Review Policy

Membership qualifications are based on the Providence Health & Services Core Values of Compassion, Excellence, Justice, Respect and Stewardship, as well as the ACGME Core Competencies which include patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism and system-based practice. Credentialing ensures that the delivery of care to patients we serve within PH&S is safe, reliable and of the highest quality.

Application for membership to Providence Health & Services - Oregon Region (PHSOR) Professional Staff is made by submission of one common Oregon Practitioner Credentialing Application for the state of Oregon. Our Regional Credentialing Office (RCO) manages all credentialing activity for the Oregon region.

Credentialing includes three categories: the initial appointment to membership within our Professional Staff, periodic recurring reappointment and the conferring of privileges requested by applicants and members. Each category of credentialing is explained below.

Applicants to any facilities within PHSOR complete an online application.

The application and documents that are required to complete an application packet are stored in a central data repository maintained by our RCO in our secure credentialing software product. Our office performs all primary source verification that is available to each facility where the application is processed. Learn more about the process flow for initial appointment.

On a periodic basis, and in compliance with state and federal regulations, each member of PHSOR Professional Staff applies for membership reappointment. As in the initial application process, our RCO performs the necessary primary source verifications and stores all materials securely. Learn more about the process flow for reappointment.

Practitioners request clinical privileges with a common Privilege Request Form. The application and associated privileges are made available to the facilities where the practitioner desires to practice and execute specific privileges. Privileges granted are facility-specific, based on established criteria, and are dependent on the capability of each facility to provide the services.

Certain privileges at PHSOR facilities may have been approved with mentoring and/or proctoring requirements. This mentoring/proctoring must be completed with an approved mentor/proctor that currently has the same privilege(s) at the applicable PHSOR facility. If mentoring/proctoring is required, it will be listed on your attached privilege form.

Have your mentor/proctor complete a Clinical Competence Assessment form for each case to the total number required per privilege that requires mentoring/proctoring (see list of approved privileges provided with appointment letter). Submit completed clinical assessment forms to the Regional Credentialing Office (RCO).

All processing of initial, reappointment and privileging applications presented for credentialing decisions, are completed in a manner consistent with PHSOR bylaws and policies and procedures of the Professional Staff, and in compliance with state and federal regulations. The timeliness of transparent and complete information is the responsibility of the applicant.

Finally, upon review of the applicant's education, training and competency by a member leader (peer) of the Professional Staff, credentialing recommendations are made and presented to the Oregon Community Ministry Board for final approval.

Our RCO staff members will work with applicants to assure the accuracy and currency of their information. We are committed to ensuring the security of any data provide as part of the application process. Access to highly sensitive provider-specific information is carefully limited and your information will not be used inappropriately.