Shaping the Future of Healthcare Licensing andMobility
IMLAC is a Germany-based B2B and B2G advisory firm advancing global healthcare licensing, workforce mobility, ethical recruitment, and international talent integration.
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GOVERNMENT
Decision-Makers
IMLAC advises governments on building more efficient, ethical, and integrated healthcare licensing, professional mobility, and international workforce systems..
HEALTHCARE
Organizations
IMLAC helps hospitals and healthcare employers build efficient, ethical, and sustainable international recruitment, licensing, and workforce mobility strategies.
WORKFORCE
Strategic Partners
Working with recruitment organizations,
institutions, credentialing bodies and other partners to create scalable workforce pathways.
The Founder
Dr. Elbe Akman is the Founder and President of IMLAC International Medical Resourcing UG, a Germany-based B2B and B2G advisory firm advancing global healthcare licensing, workforce mobility, ethical recruitment, and international talent integration.
His legacy in international healthcare recruitment, licensing, and professional mobility began in 2002, when he established his first California based healthcare recruitment agency, followed by NEAC Medical Exams Application Center in 2007.
With about 25 years of experience in the field, Dr. Akman pioneered centralized application processing systems that transformed the way international healthcare professionals navigate licensing examinations such as the NCLEX and pursue professional licensing across different countries.
Through NEAC, he gained a deep understanding of the complexities of international healthcare licensing, credentialing, migration, and cross border professional mobility. Dr. Akman and his team worked closely with Boards of Nursing across the United States and with TruMerit, a leading international credentialing organization, before NEAC was acquired by DataFlow, a global
leader in primary source verification, in 2026.
Today, he brings this experience to IMLAC, a Germany
based B2B and B2G advisory and solutions company
focused on the global healthcare licensing and mobility
ecosystem. IMLAC offers governments, regulators,
healthcare organizations, credentialing bodies, employers, and industry partners, practical solutions for healthcare workforce mobility, licensing pathways, ethical recruitment and migration, market expansion, and international talent integration. By connecting stakeholders that traditionally operate in separate parts of the ecosystem, IMLAC helps identify gaps, develop strategic collaborations, and build more efficient and responsible pathways between qualification, licensing, migration, and employment.
In late 2025, Dr. Akman shifted his focus to the European market, which he describes as highly decentralized and, in some respects, even more fragmented than the U.S. licensing application environment he encountered before establishing NEAC. Unlike the United States, where the NCLEX provides a common licensing examination for nurses, Europe does not have a single unified licensing examination or licensing pathway across its member states. Dr. Akman and IMLAC aim to contribute their experience toward the development of more centralized, connected, ethical, efficient, and globally responsive healthcare licensing.
WHAT WE DO
1. Healthcare Licensing Systems Advisory
Advising governments, regulators, licensing authorities, and industry organizations on improving and modernizing
healthcare professional licensing systems. IMLAC helps identify fragmentation, unnecessary duplication, processing
bottlenecks, and opportunities for greater standardization and centralization.
2. European Healthcare Licensing & Mobility Solutions
Developing practical solutions for the complex and decentralized European healthcare licensing environment, with
particular focus on international professionals seeking recognition, licensing, and professional mobility across European markets.
3. Licensing Pathway Design & Centralization
Designing more efficient pathways connecting qualification assessment, credential verification, examinations,
professional recognition, licensing, migration, and employment. IMLAC draws on Dr. Akman’s exploping centralized
application processing models to explore how similar concepts can be adapted to today's international markets.
4. B2G Healthcare Workforce Advisory
Working with governments, ministries, regulators, and public institutions on international healthcare workforce
strategies, including professional recognition, licensing pathways, workforce mobility, talent attraction, and integration of internationally educated healthcare professionals.
5. Ethical Healthcare Recruitment & Migration Advisory
Helping governments, employers, recruiters, and industry partners develop ethical and sustainable international
healthcare recruitment and migration models. IMLAC promotes approaches that consider the interests of healthcare
professionals, employers, destination countries, and source country healthcare systems.
6. Credentialing, Verification & Licensing Integration
Advising organizations on how credential evaluation, primary source verification, professional examinations, licensing, and registration can be better connected to reduce duplication and create a more efficient journey for both healthcare professionals and institutions.
7. Cross Border Healthcare Workforce Strategy
Helping governments, healthcare systems, employers, and workforce organizations identify international talent markets and develop sustainable strategies for attracting, licensing, integrating, and retaining qualified healthcare professionals.
8. Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Development
Connecting regulators, credentialing organizations, verification providers, employers, recruiters, educational institutions, technology companies, and other stakeholders to develop collaborations and solutions that address gaps within the healthcare mobility ecosystem.
9. Market Entry & International Expansion Advisory
Supporting healthcare licensing, credentialing, verification, recruitment, education, and workforce companies seeking to enter or expand into European and international markets through regulatory mapping, market analysis, partnership development, and localization strategy.
10. Executive & Institutional Advisory
Providing direct strategic advisory to executives, boards, investors, government entities, and organizations seeking
specialized insight into the global healthcare licensing, credentialing, recruitment, and professional mobility ecosystem.
Awarded by the PHILIPPINES Government
2022
Dr. Elbe Akman was awarded by the Philippine Government - CFO Commission of Filipinos Overseas for Revolutionizing the Medical Licensing Process which made the process easier, safer and faster.
Other Awards
NEAC has earned the following awards under his management:
2022 Best Choice Innovative Professional Medical Application Services Provider.
2018 Best Professional Healthcare Support Services - Golden Globe Annual Awards for Business Excellence
2014 Global Brand Award - Asia Pacific Awards Council
2011 Most Outstanding Nurse Support Service Center - Consumer Choice Awards Committee.
2008 Best Premium Quality Standards - Consumers Choice Awards Committee and The National Consumers Affairs Foundation
Germany Office:
IMLAC International Medical Resourcing Center UG
Hanauer Landstraße 204 60314 Frankfurt am Main Germany
+49 16 096760027
elbe@certifiedglobally.com
Dubai Office:
TOP Group FZE
IFZA Business Park, DDP, Dubai Silicon Oasis 341041
Amber Gem Tower, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street,
Al Rashidiya, Ajman, UAE
P.O Box 4848
+971 58588 4428
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