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Let me start with Damar Hamlin. His physicians haven ' t said anything publicly about what happened to him, but there are basically two possibilities. First, it is obviously uncommon but not unheard of for apparently healthy athletes to suffer cardiac arrest during exertion. This happened to Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis. I happened to be in Boston Garden watching the first round playoff game against the Charlotte Hornets on April 29, 1993 when Lewis collapsed. All of the spectators were baffled about what had happened. Doctors at New England Baptist Hospital later diagnosed him with a heart abnormality...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 6, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
On Med Mal Reform, Democrats Are More Libertarian than Republicans
Michael F. CannonIn a recentpost, I announced the release of and provided excerpts from Cato’s latest health policy book,Medical Malpractice Litigation: How It Works, Why Tort Reform Hasn ’t Helped, by Bernard S. Black,David A. Hyman, Myungho S. Paik, William M. Sage, andCharles Silver (foreword by former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle).Medical Malpractice Litigationcompiles original research from states that capped damages in “med mal” cases to show that such reforms do not have the effects that physicians and other supporters claim. If anything, damage caps benefit physicians and insurance companies at th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Michael F. Cannon Source Type: blogs
Federal Courts Shouldn ’t “Abstain” from Hearing Federal Civil Rights Claims
Ilya Shapiro andMallory ReaderHawaii sued Bristol ‐Myers Squibb (BMS) and Sanofi for failing to make the untrue statements that their life‐saving drug, Plavix, is less effective for Asian and Pacific Islander patients. It’s not just the companies that believe these statements to be false and controversial; the scientific community stron gly agrees. Prominent cardiologists have criticized the disclaimer requirement and a growing body of evidence shows that Plavix works as well, if not better, for patients of Asian descent.In seeking to compel this speech in an area of scientific controversy —and punish it...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 24, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Shapiro, Mallory Reader Source Type: blogs
Medical Societies Side with ABIM at the Expense of Their Members
Yesterday in a coordinated blow, the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Society for Cardiovascular Interventions (SCAI), the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) turned to their marketing muscle, funded in large part by the medical device industry, to issue a joint letter to their respective physician
Source: Dr. Wes - May 28, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
What Do Working Cardiologists Really Think About the ACC's CMP Pathway?
What do US cardiologists and electrophysiologists REALLY think about the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) heavily-promoted collaboration with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) to create their "Continuous Maintenance Pathway" (CMP) for continually maintaining their ABIM board certification?
That's a question I wanted to know, so I helped create a quick 5-minute survey on the
Source: Dr. Wes - April 1, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
The Big Easy: The ACC, HRS, and the ABIM
This weekend, at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, the ACC and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) announced their commitment to the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) continuous certification financial shakedown of US cardiologists and cardiac elect rophysiologists. Taking a playbook from the American Medical Association, their leadership has
Source: Dr. Wes - March 17, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Why the ACC Threw Cardiologists and EPs Under The MOC ® Bus and Why We Let Them
In its latest update with Maintenance of Certification (MOC ®), the good ol' boy network of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), and Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), announced their commitment to "continuous certification" and MOC® and all its lucrati ve trappings for US cardiologists and
Source: Dr. Wes - March 1, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
ABIM To Diplomates: Merry Christmas! Participate in MOC or Else
This weekend, I received this orange notice from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in the mail:
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At first I was going to ignore this flier, since I am board certified until 2023 in Cardiology and 2024 in Cardiac Electrophysiology.
But then I read the reverse side of the flier, and noticed this threatening sentence:
"Your deadline is approaching, so we wanted
Source: Dr. Wes - November 25, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
For Whom MOC Tolls
He saw me in the hall between cases and our eyes connected, however briefly. I probably looked a bit tired, hair askew, and rushed after a long ablation case as I scurried to grab a quick bite to eat before my next case started. He was one of our best fellows in cardiology - hard working, innovative, never one to skip a clinical detail or shirk a responsibility, who clearly wanted to chat. He
Source: Dr. Wes - October 5, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Moving Mountains By Example: Doctor Inspires Others to Fund Anti-MOC Legal Effort
In a reaffirming gesture of solidarity, San Francisco cardiologist Michel Accad, MD has offered to supply an electronic copy of his book "Moving Mountains: A Socratic Challenge to the Theory and Practice of Population Medicine" (seen on Amazon) free of charge to anyone donating $50 or more in the next two weeks to our legal effort to end the onerous and unproven ABMS Maintenance of
Source: Dr. Wes - August 6, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Everybody Knows a Frank
Frank is one of the smartest people in his cardiology division. He's bright, congenial, and capable of citing the latest clinical trial on the best imaging study to detect hibernating myocardium. He loves learning. Frank is the guy you used to confide in the doctors' lounge (that doesn't exist anymore). Others knew what a good guy Frank was too; Frank was nominated to write and edit questions for
Source: Dr. Wes - June 5, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Conflicts of Interest: When Should We Pay Attention
We have previously written about financial conflicts of interest and whether physicians can disseminate impartial scientific information if they have a conflict of interest, or if the conflict of interest negates anything the physician (or other medical professional) says. With the introduction of Open Payments and other copy-cat systems around the world, this idea continues to get more dangerous as days go on.
In February 2018, the Baltimore Sun published an article by a family physician who drew pause at the fact that the new blood pressure guidelines published by the American College of Cardiology and the American Hear...
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 10, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Medical Subspecialty Societies Rush to Bail Out ABIM
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) are negotiating with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) on how best to preserve the Maintenance of Certification (MOC ®) educational product for their mutual interests.
The ACC Board of Governors will be meeting at the ACC scientific sessions in Orlando in early
Source: Dr. Wes - March 1, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
Despite Known Conflicts, ACC/HRS Endorse MOC
The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and American College of Cardiology (ACC), two organizations who stand to gain handsomely from their NCDR procedural registries, published a carefully-worded combined statement on "Lifelong Learning Requirements for Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (CCEP) Specialists" in their respective journals this week.
In a glaring ommision, the publication concerned itself
Source: Dr. Wes - November 28, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
The American College of Cardiology and ABIM
I wonder how many American College of Cardiology (ACC) members are aware that the ACC entered into a "Memorandum of Understanding" with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), (along side the American College of Physicians and American College of Clinical Oncology) "to explore development of collaborative pathways through which physicians can maintain board cer tification:"
“The ACC is
Source: Dr. Wes - September 11, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
