The word slogan is derived from slogorn which was an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic and Irish sluagh-ghairm (sluagh army, host + gairm cry). Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar.
staff privileges. Admitting privileges The rights that a health professional has as a member of a hospital's medical staff, which includes hospitalization of private Pts, participation in committees, and in decisions relevant to the hospital's future. See Medical staff. Cf Hospital-based physician, RAPERs.
Typically, physicians need a license and proof of malpractice insurance before they can get hospital privileges; and they need hospital privileges before they can be credentialed by the plans. Since some hospital committees only meet quarterly, it's critical to get the necessary paperwork in order well ahead of time.