ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,207, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HEALTHSTREAM INC. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Systems and methods for credentialing and privileging of healthcare practitioners" was invented by Scott Zoldan (Chicago), Vicki Searcy (Lisbon, Portugal) and Brandi Zevenbergen (Sioux City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for credentialing and privileging are disclosed. The system may include at least one processor and at least one memory storing one or more non-transitory computer-executable instructions. The at least one processor may implement a method including the step of receiving from a healthcare practitioner a form request...