AOHC Encore 2023-127 ACOEM Presidential Task Force on Clinic Quality and Credentialing

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The video summarizes the work of the ACOM Presidential Task Force on Clinical Quality and Credentialing. The task force was created with the objectives of recognizing quality in clinics that provide occupational medicine services, providing clinics with recommendations for improvement, increasing brand awareness of ACOM and occupational medicine providers, and developing a new revenue stream for ACOM. The task force interviewed various stakeholders in the workers' compensation landscape to gather information and then focused on specific areas such as accreditation bodies, telemedicine, and clinics of excellence. They developed guidelines and standards for occupational medicine clinics and created checklists for different service lines including hearing conservation, spirometry, point-of-care testing, travel medicine, independent medical examinations, and more. The task force also explored the possibility of collaborating with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) for the accreditation of occupational health clinics. The video acknowledges the challenges of defining quality in clinical practice and the need for ongoing collaboration and input from stakeholders. It suggests that the ACOM task force's work could inform future initiatives related to accreditation, certification, and recognition of occupational medicine clinics.

Keywords

ACOM Presidential Task Force

Clinical Quality and Credentialing

occupational medicine services

recommendations for improvement

brand awareness

workers' compensation landscape

accreditation bodies

telemedicine

clinics of excellence

guidelines and standards