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How to work up hematuria
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 10, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: nephrology urology Source Type: blogs

Too Little Too Late: The ABIM Foundation Sells Its Condo
It was a story that broke on this blog nearly two years ago when the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation was putting their luxury condominium, complete with a chauffeur-driven Mercedes S-Class town car that was purchased with physician certification and re-certification fees, up for sale. Over 550 days later, we find the notorious ABIM Foundation condominium was finally sold on (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - July 9, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Progress in the understanding and treatment of hairy cell leukemia
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 9, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: hematology oncology Source Type: blogs

Why Can't I Have a Dentist EHR?
(Source: EverythingHealth)
Source: EverythingHealth - July 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: blogs

Genetics of eosiniphilic esophagitis
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 3, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: allergy and immunology gastroenterology Source Type: blogs

Fresh fruit consumption and cardiovascular disease
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 2, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs

The ABMS MOC Contagion Spreads
It seems the humiliation of physicians to collect revenues by member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program knows no bounds. This time, we begin our focus on the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). First, take a moment to read what happened to a younger physician mother-of-three who tried to re-certify in pediatrics when her child (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - July 1, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Hyponatremia in cirrhosis
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - July 1, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: gastroenterology nephrology Source Type: blogs

One Small Step
Here's the official final wording of the AMA House of Delegates' Resolution 309, Continuing Medical Education Pathway for Recertification adopted June 15, 2016: Resolution 309, Continuing Medical Education Pathway for Recertification, was adopted as amended. The final recommendations are as follows: RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association call for the immediate end of any mandatory, (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - June 30, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

ACGME Announces New Affiliation with ABMS
PRNewswire - (Chicago) July 1, 2016 - Today, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced a new affiliation with the American Board of Medical Stenographers (ABMS), promising new efficiencies and reduced medical transcription errors within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). "Ever since the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) 1999 report entitled "To Err is Human" that (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - June 30, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Proton pump inhibitors and eosinophilic esophagitis
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - June 30, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: allergy and immunology gastroenterology Source Type: blogs

Treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - June 29, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: allergy and immunology gastroenterology Source Type: blogs

On Brexit and Maintenance of Certification
The degree to which this was a vote that was directed against the British elite is vital to understand. Politicians, business leaders, and intellectuals were all seen as having lost their right to control the system. The elites had contempt for their values - for the nationalism and their interests. This is not a new phenomenon in Europe, but it is one that the EU had thought it had banished. (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - June 28, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs

Painful LBBB syndrome
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - June 28, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs

Lifestyle intervention, weight loss and atrial fibrillation incidence in type 2 diabetes
(Source: Notes from Dr. RW)
Source: Notes from Dr. RW - June 27, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: cardiovascular Source Type: blogs