Epic health verification#

To learn more, see Primary-source Verification Service for Organizations around the World. By using EPIC, these organizations-regardless of their size, resources, or location-can make primary-source verification a part of their processes for evaluating their physician applicants and furthering their mission of protecting the public. ECFMG provides EPIC to organizations such as medical regulatory authorities, hospitals, credential verification organizations, and academic institutions at no cost. Please contact us if you have any questions.įor the organizations worldwide that are responsible for evaluating physician qualifications, EPIC provides the opportunity to incorporate primary-source verification into the evaluation of their applicants’ credentials. You are welcome to use EPIC to build a portfolio of your medical credentials, if desired, at any time. You will provide your medical education credentials to ECFMG for verification through the ECFMG Certification program.

If you are pursuing ECFMG Certification and applying for USMLE, you are not required to use EPIC. Pursuing ECFMG Certification and registering for the United States Medical Licensing Examination ® (USMLE ®)? To learn more, see An Innovation for Physicians Building a Career Portfolio. EPIC is a convenient and secure way to provide their verified credentials to organizations around the world. Whether pursuing education, training, registration/licensure, employment, research, volunteer, or other opportunities, physicians must demonstrate their qualifications throughout their careers. Physicians can upload credentials to their portfolio, have those credentials primary-source verified by ECFMG, and request reports verifying the authenticity of those credentials for organizations worldwide. ECFMG employs a rigorous, multi-step primary-source verification process to ensure the integrity and authenticity of physician credentials.įor the world's physicians, EPIC is an innovative way to build a digital career portfolio of the credentials related to their medical education, training, and registration/licensure-a portfolio that can grow with their careers. It is a best practice and the best protection against fraudulent credentials. For a credential (qualification), this means confirming that the credential is authentic directly with the institution that issued the credential. Primary-source verification or source verification is, by definition, confirming authenticity directly with the source.