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National Council of State Boards of Nursing. College of Nursing accreditation. American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. National League for Nursing. Advanced practice nursing college accreditation. American College of Nurse-Midwives. Council of Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.
World wide. Website. www .jointcommission .org. The Joint Commission is a United States-based nonprofit tax-exempt 501 (c) organization [1] that accredits more than 22,000 US health care organizations and programs. [2] The international branch accredits medical services from around the world.
Continuing medical education. Continuing medical education ( CME) is continuing education (CE) that helps those in the medical field maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas of their field. These activities may take place as live events, written publications, online programs, audio, video, or other electronic media.
Some hospitals may demand that physicians be board certified to receive privileges. [1] The commonly used acronym BE/BC (board eligible/board certified) refers to a doctor who is eligible or is certified to practice medicine in a particular field. The term board certified is also used in the nursing field, where a candidate with advanced ...
Steward Health is selling all 31 of its U.S. hospitals, including its five South Florida hospitals, after filing for bankruptcy protections.
Hospital accreditation is required in order to be eligible for Medicare patient coverage. [2] Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) International [50] Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) - based in the United States [51] American Accreditation Commission International (AACI) - based in the United States.
www .abms .org. The American Board of Medical Specialties ( ABMS) is a non-profit organization established in 1933 which represents 24 broad areas of specialty medicine. ABMS is the largest and most widely recognized physician-led specialty certification organization in the United States. [1] The other certification organizations in the United ...
The National Committee for Quality Assurance ( NCQA) is an independent 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization in the United States that works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation. The National Committee for Quality Assurance operates on a formula of measure ...