The Solution: Mandate EDX Laboratory Standards

The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) established the Electrodiagnostic (EDX) Laboratory Accreditation Program ([ Ссылка ]) to ensure that providers meet the proper standards of care for quality electrodiagnostic medical care. The accreditation process reviews the laboratory’s:

• Personnel: ensuring proper education, supervision and experience of all staff per AANEM’s Who Is Qualified to Practice EDX Medicine ([ Ссылка ].pdf.aspx);

• Facility: verifying safety policies and standards, appropriateness of equipment, existence of quality improvement programs and proper record retention policies;

• Patient Reports: warranting accurate and correct reporting of EDX examinations through peer-review, ensuring compliance with AANEM’s Reporting Results of Needle EMG and Nerve Conduction Studies ([ Ссылка ]) and evidence-based guidelines.

The AANEM EDX Laboratory Accreditation Program provides explicit, measurable standards of quality care for patients, payers, regulators and law enforcement to ensure patients receive quality EDX medicine from providers.

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