Landing page for paper accepted for
publication in Meridians journal.
My Meridians article
reference:
Gale M, Hospital Practice: Recognition of Acupuncturist as a
Licensed Independent Practitioner (LIP). Meridians: JAOM,
2016 3(4) (accepted for publication)
What is this?
This is an endnote reference landing page for an article I wrote
published in the Medline-compliant peer reviewed scientific journal, Meridians: The Journal of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
For how to contact the author of the blog (myself), please see the
contact email within the biography of the article or contact me.
This blog serves one aspect of the Hospital Handbook
Project. For the mission
and goals of this project, please see our About page: “What
is the Hospital Handbook Project?”. The
blogposts are intended as basic descriptions of topics and issues related to
Hospital Practice for an East Asian Medicine Practitioner (also known as an
Acupuncturist). Many topics
are still conversations in progress and deeper discussions are, due to length
and complexity, not covered in depth by the blog. Hence, the blog is only one aspect of The Project. If you are interested in
joining the conversation or donating to this work, please contact the author/editor.
Short review of what LIP is, how it relates to Acupuncturists
(East Asian Medicine Practitioners), how it is defined by The Joint Commission
(TJC), how it relates to hire and credential process, and medical staff
appointment:
endnote #2: Referenced OPPE, FPPE, TJC, and peer record
review
More about focused and ongoing professional practice evaluation (FPPE,
OPPE) and peer record review.
endnote #3: hospital practice credentialing and privileging
process
In 2015-2016 I was part of the NCCAOM Hospital-based Task
Force. We created a
document that was published on the NCCAOM website in July 2016. This document, Credentialing of Acupuncturists for
Hospital-Based Practice: A
Resource Guide for NCCAOM Diplomates, is available to NCCAOM Diplomates for
free and to all others for a low price. To
find this document, go to the NCCAOM
website (www.nccaom.org), and look under “Diplomate Benefits” page. If you are an NCCAOM Diplomate, just
log in for free access to the document. If
you are not, you can still access the document for a small fee by contacting
NCCAOM or following the links on the website.
If you are interested in more
information on this topic, please donate
and join the email list to support this work.
Endnote 6--the Excel file
The BLS occupational Code Comparison Chart of L.Ac.s to other LIP professions is available through the Hospital Handbook project. Please contact the Hospital Handbook project author/editor.
endnote #23: Discussions on the
following topics:
All of these continue to be conversations-in-progress. If the info you are looking for is not here
in the blogpost, please understand the posts are usually brief notes on the
topic. If you would like to join the
conversation or support this work, please donate and join the email list.
Endnote 24
The hospital sponsor is more than your average administrator. The hospital sponsor is an innovator and a synergist. The sponsor
advocates for you, your field of practice, and navigates the hospital system
world to create space for integrative medicine.
As a hospital-practice Acupuncturist, do what you can to support your
hospital sponsor.
Updates since Jan. 2018
On Jan. 1st, 2018, the Standard Occupational Code (SOC) for Acupuncturists began official use.
In February 2018, the VA announcing an update to their Staffing Handbook to include Acupuncturists. The Handbook classifies the profession as LIPs, please see blogpost and its references for details.
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