American Board of Medical Specialties Announces New Standards for Continuing Certification
ABMS Board of Directors approved new Standards for Continuing Certification at its October meeting, culminating...
The American Board of Medical Specialties Statement on Legislative Interference in Medical Education, Training, and Practice
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) maintains that patients have a fundamental right to evidence-based medical care provided by physicians and health care providers in a manner that is free of legislative and governmental interference. All medical care should…
The American Board of Medical Specialties Statement Regarding Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis
The incidence of gun violence in the United States has become unimaginable in frequency and proportion. The escalating number of gun-related deaths from mass shootings, accidental firings, death by suicide, and violent crimes across the nation must be addressed, and…
ABMS Issues Statement Supporting Role of Medical Professionals in Preventing COVID-19 Misinformation
Contact: Susan MorrisAVP, Communications(312) 436-2624smorris@abms.org CHICAGO – September 13, 2021 — The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), along with others in the health care community, is concerned about the serious public health effects of the persistent spread of misinformation…
American Board of Medical Specialties Supports Role of Medical Professionals in Preventing COVID-19 Misinformation
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), along with others in the health care community, is concerned about the serious public health effects of the persistent spread of misinformation regarding the COVID-19 virus. Misinformation has been directly linked to much…
Researcher and Surgeon Leverages Visiting Scholar Experience to Make an Impact in Health Equity
“The Visiting Scholars program was an opportunity for me to develop as a leader and gave me a broader view of how medicine is structured in the U.S. Without question, the program helped me to improve my leadership skills, which…
Strategies to Eliminate Health Disparities Across Specialties
QI initiatives can play a role American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards can take several steps to eliminate health and health care disparities, from creating awareness about them to making the elimination of health inequities an expected competency,…
Health Care Disparities and the Latinx Population
By Ricardo Correa, MD, EdD, FACP, FACE, FACMQ; Program Director of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship; Director for Diversity, Graduate Medical Education, UACOM-P; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Phoenix VAMC* Health inequities exacerbate…
Plenary Speakers Call on Medical Community to Address Systemic Racism, Health Inequities
The medical community has an obligation to address structural racism and improve health equity, and the time to do it is now. That was the message delivered by plenary speakers at ABMS Conference 2020 – Virtual held this past September….
American Board of Medical Specialties Statement On Racism as a Public Health Issue
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and its 24 Member Boards believe that the institutionalized racism and the violence against communities of color haunting our nation and our culture for centuries is a public health issue that must be…
ABMS Joins National Safety Council to Ensure Employee Safety Through the Pandemic
First nationwide safety task force will help employers prioritize worker safety in a post-pandemic world