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TUCSON, Ariz., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) has filed suit today in federal court against the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) for restraining trade and causing a reduction in access by patients to their physicians. The ABMS has entered into agreements with 24 other corporations to impose enormous "recertification" burdens on physicians, which are not justified by any significant improvements in...
Partnership Leverages Cloud Platform to Facilitate Recognitions, Empower Physicians with Ways to Improve, and Expand Access through EMRs, Data Aggregators, and Registries NEW ORLEANS, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HIMSS13 - Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI(3)) and CECity.com, Inc. (CECity) today announced a strategic alliance designed to scale and accelerate practice-based learning and performance improvement for physicians that participate in Bridges to...
Baron Brings Nearly 30 Years of Private Practice Experience to ABIM Leadership Role PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Board of Directors unanimously approved Dr. Richard J. Baron as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 2013. Dr. Baron will serve as President and CEO of both ABIM and the ABIM Foundation, succeeding Christine K. Cassel, MD, who will be stepping down in June. For almost 30...
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CECity and the Pennsylvania Collaborative, a strategic consortium that includes Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Rite Aid Corporation, the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA), Gateway Health Plan, and the University of Pittsburgh-School of Pharmacy, have received URAC's prestigious Gold Award for Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection. This top honor in the category of Health Information/Decision Support recognizes...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MyEvaluations.com, a provider of medical training management and reporting solutions for academic hospitals, clinical programs, medical schools and governmental public health agencies, announced today the addition of software solutions that comply with new guidelines put forth by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). In February 2012, ACGME announced the rollout of the Next Accreditation System (NAS) in the...
TUCSON, Ariz., March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Your doctor, after a decade of rigorous training and 20 years of experience, may be driven out of practice by a $300 million industry that sells tests. There is no evidence that having to take still another test every few years makes doctors any better. It does, however, force them to take off weeks to study whatever the testing gurus think they should, and to spend thousands of dollars to take the test. A self-certified,...
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) today announced major changes in how the nation's medical residency programs will be accredited in the years ahead, putting in place an outcomes-based evaluation system where the doctors of tomorrow will be measured for their competency in performing the essential tasks necessary for clinical practice in the 21st century. Summarized in a paper published in the February 22, 2012 online edition of the New England Journal of...
CHICAGO, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) today announced major changes in how the nation's medical residency programs will be accredited in the years ahead, putting in place an outcomes-based evaluation system where the doctors of tomorrow will be measured for their competency in performing the essential tasks necessary for clinical practice in the 21st century. Summarized in a paper published in the...
CHICAGO, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers can now visit www.CertificationMatters.org to find out whether their plastic surgeon, family physician or dermatologist - among other physician specialists - is meeting the American Board of Medical Specialties Maintenance of Certification® (ABMS MOC®) program requirements established by their certifying Board(s). To keep pace with continuous advances in the medical field, ABMS and its 24 Member Boards developed...
TUCSON, Ariz., June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While most physicians are genuinely dedicated to constantly improving their skills, increasingly costly bureaucratic demands for recertification may cause many to say "Enough!" just as baby boomers retire and a physician shortage looms. In the past, board certification was for life, after years of intensive training. For younger physicians, however, the certificate comes with an expiration date. Self-appointed expert committees of...
