February 16, 2026

The Twelve: 01 Monday Mindset

A minute of insights.

Spend :01 of your time each Monday morning as Twelve:01 delivers timely tools, trends, strategies, and/or compliance insights for the CME/CE enterprise.

Deep Research: Clinical Evidence Synthesis in Minutes

Gemini’s Deep Research acts like an intelligent research assistant that plans and executes multi-step investigations across the web and an individual’s own data sources (e.g., Gmail, Drive, Chat, etc.) to synthesize complex information into comprehensive reports. Rather than returning a list of links, it produces structured output with reasoning and can present findings as detailed summaries, multi-page reports, or even audio overviews, saving clinicians and educators hours of manual literature review. For healthcare professionals, this means accelerated access to curated evidence, contextual insights, and referenced synthesis for needs assessments and gap analyses, content development, e.g., learning objectives and evidence summaries, and tracking trends within outcome data.

Joint Accreditation Expands Its Reach with IACET Collaboration

Early this year, Joint Accreditation (JA) announced a new collaboration with the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), enabling jointly accredited providers to offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for eligible interprofessional learning activities. CEUs are a globally recognized, role-agnostic measure of learning, defined as 1.0 CEU per 10 contact hours, and are particularly well suited for interprofessional audiences not fully served by profession-specific credit systems. Through this collaboration, CEUs may be offered alongside traditional CME/CE credits, expanding recognition to a broader care and support workforce while maintaining ANSI/IACET standards. The new guidance clarifies CEU calculation, eligible learning activities, and documentation requirements. For JA accredited providers, this partnership represents a step toward more inclusive, standardized recognition of IPCE.

Building Regulatory Confidence in a Complex Healthcare Landscape

The National Association for Healthcare Quality and The Joint Commission have launched a new Regulatory & Accreditation (R&A) Micro-Credential aimed at strengthening quality, safety, and continuous survey readiness across healthcare organizations. Designed for quality professionals, the program builds confidence in navigating evolving healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, and survey processes while keeping patient safety at the center. The collaboration underscores a growing emphasis on professional development as a strategic lever for maintaining high standards of quality and safety in an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Participation in this R&A Micro-Credential could be integrated into an accredited CE focused on regulatory compliance, continuous readiness, and healthcare quality improvement.