Position statement by the Society of Interventional Radiology: maintenance of privileges for image-guided interventions.

d a c i m a a t s a m i t e F g PREAMBLE This credentialing document pertains to maintenance of noncoronary percutaneous interventional procedures privileges in the hospital setting. Safe and efficacious delivery of these services requires proficiency in the performance of image-guided interventions. The education, experience, and skills required to perform image-guided interventions are extensive. Many interventional radiologists have demonstrated adequate training and education to provide these services by obtaining Subspecialty Certification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology from the American Board of Radiology. The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) believes that the global skill set of those practitioners who have obtained and maintain this certificate be considered strongly for maintenance of privileges for imageguided interventions. Specifically, those who have achieved and maintain that certificate should be considered qualified unless there is specific evidence in terms of outcomes of procedures that indicates competency is lacking.