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The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has awarded Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) its first-ever ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program™ (Portfolio Program) Outstanding Achievement in Quality Improvement Award. This award was established to recognize the exemplary efforts and activities of Portfolio…

Inaugural award honors outstanding achievement in patient care quality, safety, outcomes, and experiences CHICAGO – September 25, 2018 – The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), the leading not-for-profit organization overseeing physician certification in the United States, has awarded Nationwide…

CHICAGO – September 10, 2018 – The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) will convene more than 500 professionals from across the health care spectrum at ABMS Conference 2018 on Sept. 24–26 at the Aria Hotel and Conference Center in Las Vegas….

Information for Portfolio Program Sponsors and Joint Commission Accredited Hospitals CHICAGO – March 26, 2018 – Through a new collaboration of the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program Organization…

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and its 24 Member Boards are pleased by the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois’s dismissal of the lawsuit filed by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. (AAPS)…

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has named Richard E. Hawkins, MD as its new President and Chief Executive Officer.  Dr. Hawkins was selected by the ABMS Board of Directors following an extensive national search. He succeeds current President…

Instructional videos, templated forms, and dedicated websites are all critical tools in the design of a quality improvement (QI) activity, but the number one piece remains a physician champion, according to speakers at the 2016 Organizational QI Forum. Craig W….

The ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program and the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants have announced the establishment of an inter-professional collaborative arrangement whereby NCCPA-certified Physician Assistants can obtain performance improvement continuing medical education credit for participating with physicians in…

Quality Improvement (QI) professionals are joining forces with medical and surgical department staff, physicians, hospital executives, researchers, continuing medical education (CME) and continuing professional development (CPD) staff, policymakers, and patients to build robust improvement efforts for their organizations that qualify…