About Inteleos
Health equity starts with proven skill.
Inteleos began with a simple idea: when healthcare professionals prove their skill against clear standards, patients are safer. Today that idea reaches 124 countries—uniting sonographers, physicians, educators, and partners working to put qualified care within reach of every patient.
Global health equity through learning, validation, and partnerships
Our Mission is focused on outcomes
Inteleos fuels the global health community to ensure equitable access to quality care.
After 50 years of building trust in healthcare credentialing, Inteleos has an opportunity to not only reinvent assessment, but build bridges through our new strategic policy. Our health equity mission grounds this journey at every step, from innovating assessment to expanding access to healthcare in new specialties, and new regions around the world.
150,000+ medical professionals
hold Inteleos certifications
124 countries
represented in the Inteleos community
1,800,000+ patients
cared for each day by Inteleos certificants
150,000+ medical professionals
hold Inteleos certifications
124 countries
represented in the Inteleos community
1,800,000+ patients
cared for each day by Inteleos certificants
Our strategic policy drives new ways of operating
Inteleos will bridge global healthcare ecosystems through trusted data, validation, and continuous learning.
THE INTELEOS STORY
By 2032, Inteleos will be the indispensable global orchestrator of healthcare professional learning, validation, and data—moving beyond episodic certification to continuous, AI-enabled stewardship of competency and career pathways that drive clinical excellence and business sustainability across a flourishing health ecosystem.
Inteleos should be defined not by what it certifies, but by the ecosystem it orchestrates, the careers it transforms, and the trust it enables in global healthcare.
We commit to:
+ Delivering unwavering quality
+ Keep learning
+ Imagining novel approaches
+ Sharing discoveries
+ Keeping our mission in focus
+ Leading the evolution of healthcare professional development globally
Our community
ARDMS®, APCA™ and the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy™ are part of the nonprofit Inteleos™ community of certification alliances. The Inteleos Foundation directly supports the mission of Inteleos.
ARDMS
VISION
The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) creates the global standards of professional excellence in sonography.
MISSION
The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) empowers sonographers to provide exceptional patient care through rigorous assessments and continual learning.
APCA
VISION
The Alliance for Physician Certification and Advancement (APCA) creates the global standards of physician excellence in patient care.
MISSION
The Alliance for Physician Certification and Advancement (APCA) recognizes physicians’ enduring commitment to the highest quality patient care through rigorous assessments and continual learning.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy
VISION
The Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy™ is committed to ensuring the highest POCUS standards in global healthcare and patient safety.
MISSION
The Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy™ will validate clinical proficiency in POCUS by delivering rigorous assessments, providing educational opportunities, and cultivating a global POCUS community.
Inteleos Foundation
Inteleos Foundation
VISION
Our strength comes from our shared and enduring belief that global health is dramatically improved when medical professionals have verifiable, professional certification.
MISSION
The mission of the Inteleos Foundation is to engage partners and secure sources of funding to support innovation in technology and assessments to improve global health programs.
Inteleos’ Statement on Access to Quality Healthcare
Every patient deserves a qualified caregiver. Inteleos exists to make that possible — validating competence so trusted care can reach anyone, anywhere. 2032 isn’t a bigger Inteleos. It’s a wider ecosystem, and you’re invited to help build it.
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