UT Erlanger Neuromuscular Medicine has received Laboratory Accreditation with Exemplary status from the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM). Joshua Alpers, MD, certified by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (ABEM), is the laboratory’s medical director.
The AANEM established laboratory accreditation criteria for electrodiagnostic (EDX) laboratories to ensure patients receive quality medical care in a safe environment. Laboratory accreditation provides patients, referral sources, and payers with a credible measure to differentiate the laboratory’s quality of care. The accreditation standards evaluate the diagnostic services and clinical operations essential to providing quality patient care.
Exemplary Status is the highest level of accreditation an EDX laboratory can achieve under the AANEM Accreditation Program. To be awarded Accreditation with Exemplary Status, physicians performing studies in the laboratory must have completed a neurology or physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program and a minimum of three months of training in EDX medicine as part of a residency or fellowship program. Dr. Alpers meet all of these requirements and more.