Can I collect patient-identifiable information for a certified CME activity? Does this information need to be included in the activity file for audit by the ACCME?

No, the ACCME will not allow an accredited provider to forward to them any patient-identifiable information for the purposes of accreditation.  And, as a provider, you cannot keep as a part of your records of continuing medical education patient identifiable information.  That’s confidential information and ACCME (along with the accredited provider) shouldn’t have it and doesn’t need it!

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We partnered with an organization on an accredited CE activity, but just learned it is a subsidiary of an ineligible parent company.  How can we move forward with the partnership?

Per the ACCME, “subsidiaries of an ineligible parent company cannot… More >

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