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November 8, 2022

Wales Behavioral Assessment in Kansas has joined the ABMS Portfolio Program. This program supports the quality and safety goals of...

Where QI Meets Continuing Certification and PI-CME

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By Sahar Pastel-Daneshgar, MOC Coordinator, and Richard H. Wiggins, III, MD, CIIP, FSIIM, FASHSE, FACR, Associate Dean of CME, in...

ABMS Portfolio Program Promotes Quality and Safety Culture

October 15, 2021

Sponsors may have signed up for the ABMS Portfolio Program because it enables them to award physicians, and more recently...

Collaboratives Extend ABMS Portfolio Program Reach

October 15, 2021

ABMS Portfolio Program Sponsors are engaging in national collaboratives with health care systems and other stakeholders impacting patient care across...

ABMS Portfolio Program Offers More Than Continuing Certification Credit

October 15, 2021

The ABMS Portfolio Program ties organizational quality and safety goals to continuing certification, benefiting health care organizations committed to quality...

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July 20, 2021

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Sponsor Spotlight: Gundersen Health System Takes on Childhood Vaccinations

May 11, 2021

Each year, approximately 42,000 adults and 300 children in the United States die from vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles and influenza....

Ramping Up Telemedicine During COVID: A Portfolio Program Sponsor Spotlight

March 17, 2021

The global COVID-19 pandemic has had long-term effects on physician training and patient care, including a rapid increase in telemedicine...

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