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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

He emphasized ABIM’s focus on patient-centered standards and promoting high-quality care, as well as ABIM’s commitment to ensuring a diverse governance that reflects the physician and patient population. In 2024, 75% of ABIM Board Certified geriatricians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA, while 68% of ABFM geriatricians chose the LKA.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

In 2024, 77% of eligible ABIM Board Certified endocrinologists who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. Efforts to recruit physicians and students to train in endocrinology have included working with the Latino Medical Student Association.

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PRESS RELEASE: Doctors, Local Governments File Brief to Defend Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rights

Doctors for America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doctors for America PO Box: 21161 2300 18th St NW Lbby Washington, DC 20009-9996 May 5, 2025 Doctors, Local Governments File Brief to Defend Reproductive Health Care Privacy Rights Brief Argues that Upending HIPAA Privacy Rights Would Contradict Decades of Established Precedent WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Louise 05:02 Yes, well, I don’t know about 2024, but in 2023, yes, it could happen. Bill 16:55 First of all, I just have to go back to Dax, because Dax in 1973 is when I first came out here as a senior medical student and met Al Johnson. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? I would be surprised if it was as good as you guys, but I think that you can imagine a medical student or an intern doing this before they went into a room to talk to a patient and having it be pretty helpful. ” And one of the students raised his hand.

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2024 Summer Pinecones E-Newsletter -- ADVOCACY News

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

Pat Connolly reported on the 2024 Maine Legislative Session: It was a short but busy session in Augusta this year. This bill would preclude the government from charging interest on their loans during when they are unable to afford payments on the principal. Here in Maine the "shorter" Legislative Session was quite full!

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PRESS RELEASE: Doctors, Local Governments Reaffirm Commitment to Defend Health Care Privacy Rights

Doctors for America

Texas Attorney General Paxton challenges a 24-year-old regulation that serves as the foundation for medical privacy under HIPAA nationwide and a more recent regulation implemented by the Biden-Harris administration to support reproductive healthcare privacy in 2024. Two major U.S.