Does CAFP have numerical criteria for privileges or sample guidelines?
No. The CAFP policy is that privileges should be determined based on training, experience, and demonstrated competence. Numbers of procedures are neither grounded in science nor adequate proxies for quality of care. If a hospital is putting forth numbers-based privileging guidelines, ask to see the literature that supports those numbers as evidence of quality of care. The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians has made available a sample privileging list. To request a copy, send your mailing address to shogeland@familydocs.org.Back to topI have privileges at a hospital and I am always disappointed that staff asks pregnant mothers who their baby’s pediatrician will be, rather than who their baby’s physician will be. Do you have any policy on this issue?CAFP does have a policy memo that you can share with hospital staff. The memo outlines CAFP’s recommendation that prospective and new parents should be given equal access to selecting a family physician at the level of registration or nurs
