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NAMSS CE QUIZ: Questions on Negligent Credentialing:
A Historical Perspective and Strategies for the Future
See worksheet on page 40.
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1. Hospitals have always had
ultimate responsibility for the
care provided in their facilities
by physicians.
a. True
b. False
2. The hospital now has full
responsibility for all of the care
provided in its facilities.
a. True
b. False
3. The hospital is liable for all acts
of negligence and/or malpractice
by physicians who practice in
its facilities.
a. True
b. False
4. The hospital must take
reasonable steps to select a
competent medical staff,
ensure individual physicians on
the hospital staff perform only
procedures for which they are
qualified, implement certain
quality-control measures to
verify that only qualified
practitioners remain on the
staff, and make certain that
staff provides quality care in
the hospital's facilities.
a. True
b. False

5. The takeaway for the Darling
case is that (select all that apply):
a. It recognizes that a hospital's
responsibility invades the
area of medical care
provided by the physician.
b. It placed direct liability on
the hospital for the care
provided to the patient.
c. Hospital management must
consult with medical staff to
establish policies and
procedures to monitor the
quality of medical practice
within the institution.
d. The hospital owes a duty of
care directly to its patients.
6. Where a previously competent
physician with staff privileges
develops a pattern of
incompetence, which the
hospital should become aware
of through its peer review
process, the hospital must
stand ready to answer for its
retention of such physician.
a. True
b. False
7. A hospital is required to pass
upon the efficacy of treatment; it
may decide for a doctor whether
an operation is necessary.
a. True
b. False
8. The hospital owes to every
patient whom it admits the duty
of saving him/her from an illegal
operation [or] false, fraudulent,
or fictitious medical treatment.

a. True
b. False
9. Negligent credentialing is a
valid tort in all 50 states.
a. True
b. False
10. Three elements are necessary
to sustain a valid claim for
negligent credentialing; they
are (select the three that are
necessary):
a. The hospital failed to meet
the standard of reasonable
care in the selection of the
physician it granted medical
staff privileges to whose
treatment provided the basis
for the underlying medical
malpractice claim.
b. The hospital failed to
supervise the physician and
decide if his/her procedures
are necessary.
c. The hospital failed to review
practice patterns, patient
complaints, morbidity and
mortality data, peer
evaluations, specific cases,
and adverse outcomes.
d. While practicing pursuant
to negligently granted
medical staff privileges,
the physician breached
the applicable standard
of care.
e. The negligent granting of
medical staff privileges was
a proximate cause of the
plaintiff's injuries.

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