Provider Bridge is a free-to-use technology platform that provides comprehensive, up-to-the-minute credential verification of health professionals that can be accessed expeditiously to prepare and respond to local, regional, or national emergencies, disasters, or public health crises.
The Provider Bridge platform allows licensed medical professionals to create a time-stamped, digital report (“passport”) that includes name, provider type, state license number(s), area of practice, and DEA registration(s), as well as any disciplinary history. Each license is verified via data sharing with the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
Provider Bridge also allows entities, including state licensing boards, hospitals, health care institutions, public health offices, and emergency management entities to search for verified medical professionals who are willing to assist in a disaster, emergency, or public health crisis. Additionally, entities can verify the credentials of state-based registrants as well as those professionals in other states.
Provider Bridge, developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, is funded under the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Health and Human Services, Licensure Portability Program (HMRH24097) and hosted by the Federation of State Medical Boards.