Healing Touch Program (HTP) is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). To meet accreditation guidelines and keep our courses independent of commercial influence, we ask anyone helping shape educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies from the past 24 months.
We define
ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. There is no minimum financial threshold; you must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies. We ask you to disclose regardless of whether you view the financial relationships as relevant to the education. For more details, please see the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education at
accme.org/standards.
Examples of financial relationships include employee, researcher, consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and ownership interest. Individual stocks and stock options MUST be disclosed; diversified mutual funds do not need to be disclosed. Research funding from ineligible companies must be disclosed by the principal or named investigator even if that individual’s institution receives the research grant and manages the funds.
Why do we collect this information?Since healthcare professionals serve as the trusted authorities when advising patients, they must protect their learning environment from industry influence to ensure they remain true to their ethical commitments. Many healthcare professionals have financial relationships with ineligible companies. By identifying and mitigating relevant financial relationships, we work together to create a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse, free from influence from organizations that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education.
What are the next steps in this process?After we receive your disclosure information, we will review it to determine whether your financial relationships are relevant to the education. Please note that the identification of relevant financial relationships does not necessarily mean that you are unable to participate in the planning and implementation of this educational activity. Rather, the accreditation standards require that relevant financial relationships are mitigated before you assume your role in this activity.
To help us meet these expectations, please answer all the questions on this survey. If you have questions, please email them to
htpclasses@healingtouchprogram.com.
Thank you, Ellen LaDieu, HTP Accredited Provider Program Director (APPD)
