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Rural Communities Need Help to Improve Access to Health Care

Physicians News Digest

The paper goes on to highlight the need to better support physicians and other members of the health care workforce in rural areas, noting that medical education should incorporate education on rural health issues. ACP membership includes 161,000 internal medicine physicians, related subspecialists, and medical students.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

The group discussed evolving trends in telehealth and how to capture that as a category of community practice. Several members of the Specialty Board shared concerns about legislation in different states threatening the availability of telehealth, with others underlining the large role it plays in their practice.

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Infectious Disease Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

This is now being reviewed by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which oversees ABIM. In addition, IDSA is surveying society members with the goal of assessing IDSA Academy educational offerings and identifying areas for improvement to continue helping infectious disease professionals address knowledge gaps in the discipline.