The national certification process:

• Was developed by a multi-disciplinary board to provide health care professionals a credentialing process.
• Evaluates the provider's knowledge and skill to manage anticoagulation therapy.
• Requires evidence of experience and a passing score on a comprehensive examination.
• Can be one means to improve patient care in anticoagulant therapy by providing a framework to validate achievement of advanced knowledge and skills related to antithrombotic therapy.
• Affords opportunity for professional recognition - only multidisciplinary credentialing opportunity.
• Is an incentive for career development, personal satisfaction.
• Introduces a mechanism to implement a consistent standard of care nationwide.