Colloquium – ACSM Committee on Certification and Registry Boards (CCRB) Annual Updates on Certification and Accreditation

Sleep medicine certification and accreditation.

Sleep-disorders medicine is undergoing substantial evolution in terms of testing and therapy. In order to ensure that the providers of care for patients with sleep disorders provide quality and safe care, various types of individual certification and sleep-disorders-center accreditation programs have been developed. These programs should help to ensure optimal patient care.

Update on informatics-focused certification and accreditation activities

Informatics as a field is maturing both in the range of educational programs and the number and type of positions for informatics professionals. Although there has been an expansion of the traditional masters and PhD programs, there are an increasing number of novel programs serving the entire pipeline—high school students, college students, medical students and professionals. For professionals...

[Accreditation and certification in coloproctology in Europe].

APPROVED: 2013 accreditation and certification decision rules.

The Joint Commission’s Accreditation Committee approved the 2014 accreditation and certification decision rules for all accreditation and certification programs. The revised accreditation decision rules are effective for surveys as of January 1, 2014, while the revised certification decision rules are effective immediately. Revisions are shown in the boxes on pages 3–7 for accreditation program...

Training, certification and accreditation for eye teams

Recent data suggests there may never be enough ophthalmologists to meet the needs of global eye care.1 One way to lessen the impact of the shortage is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of each ophthalmologist by putting together a team of well trained personnel to support them. This increases both the availability and quality of eye care. The ophthalmologist-led eye care team can inc...