MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'board certification'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:45:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031242&cid=t_346299_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhot-topic-certification-of-er-doctors%2F2010.10.04 Texas is at the center of a heated national battle over the training emergency physicians need in order to advertise themselves as “board certified.” Via the Houston Chronicle: At stake is the welfare of patients requiring immediate medical attention. Leaders of the traditional board say allowing physicians without proper training to advertise themselves as board-certified would mislead the public. Leaders of the alternative board say the proposed rule change will undermine the ability of Texas’ rural hospitals to staff their emergency departments with board-certified ER physicians. A final verdict may only come, given one board’s already delivered threat, in a court of law. At stake also are the careers of a lot of practicing Emergency Physicians, many of whom I’m proud ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031242 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4031242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662609&cid=t_346299_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fdr-rand-paul-lacks-board-certification%2F Dr. Rand Paul practices as an ophthalmologist and mentions his profession often while campaigning but lacks the almost universally obtained board-certification held by physicians in the United States. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662609 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:24:27 +0100 3662609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3603595&cid=t_346299_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-an-empowered-patient-finds-a-new-doctor%2F2010.05.26 What if the average patient (person) knew what healthcare insiders, providers and expert patients know? Take the process of looking for a new personal physician. Conventional wisdom tells people that when looking for a new physician they need to consider things like specialty, board certification, years in practice, and geographic proximity. Online services like Health Grades allow you to see and compare the satisfaction scores for prospective physician candidates. But industry insiders know different. Consider those patient satisfaction scores for physicians. In reality, “one can assume that the quality of care is actually worse than surveys of patient satisfaction would seem to show,” according to a 1991 lecture by Avedis Donabedian, M.D.: “Often patients are, in fact, overly pati... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3603595 Wed, 26 May 2010 16:00:23 +0100 3603595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3567968&cid=t_346299_115_f&fid=38592&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiolopolis.com%2Findex.php%2Fmy-profile%2Fmy-blog%2Fmqsa-breast-imaging-experience-requirements.html  The RRC for Diagnostic Radiology requires three months of breast imaging. The latest RRC regulations state "There must be a minimum of 12 weeks of clinical rotations in breast imaging. Each resident should have documentation of the interpretation/multireading of at least 240 mammograms within a six-month period within the last two years of the residency program." The RRC regulations are posted on the ACGME website as "Effective September Read More... (Source: Radiolopolis Blogs) Radiolopolis Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3567968 Sat, 15 May 2010 16:22:05 +0100 3567968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533842&cid=t_346299_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-to-choose-a-great-doctor%2F2010.05.04 As a practicing family doctor, it’s easy for me to figure out how to choose a great doctor. Let me tell you the secrets in finding the best one for you and what I tell my family and friends. Look for the following: – Board certification – Report card on quality – Licensing/public reporting As a doctor, I know many doctors who have great bedside manner but aren’t particularly reliable in giving the right medical care you deserve, and these traits separate the so-so doctors from the truly excellent ones. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Saving Money and Surviving the Healthcare Crisis* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533842 Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3533842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3443727&cid=t_346299_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fboxtop-board-certification.html Remember when you were a child and an offer to be a member of a special spy club appeared on your morning cereal box? You knew, yes knew that the offer was the real deal. All you had to do is send in three cereal box tops and you'd be sent all the prerequisite items. Of course, when the plastic trinkets arrived weeks later, there always seemed to be the air of buzzkill when the reality of what you received for your efforts was revealed.This could never happen with board certification, could it?Yesterday, we learned that this year, every specialist has to re-certify to maintain their status as a board certified specialist. In the past, this was a voluntary process that doctors participated in to show a jury of their peers that they had the right stuff to practice medicine at the highest lev... Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3443727 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:03:00 +0100 3443727