Press Releases 2006

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Date	Release
December 12, 2006	ABIM Endorses the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) Five Million Lives Patient Safety Campaign, Opens Maintenance of Certification to Campaign Data ABIM will accept safety-related measurement data collected by hospitals involved in the Campaign, so that physicians actively involved in the Campaign in those hospitals can receive credit toward the practice performance requirement of Maintenance of Certification.
November 27, 2006	Richard J. Baron, MD, FACP, to Become Chair-elect of ABIM's Board of Directors Dr. Baron, a practicing internist in Philadelphia who is currently secretary/treasurer of ABIM's Board, will become chair-elect on July 1, 2007.
October 30, 2006	ABIM's Cary S. Sennett, MD, PhD, Elected Vice Chair of Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement ® Dr. Sennett's election demonstrates the importance of certifying boards, like ABIM, in national measurement and improvement initiatives.
September 22, 2006	ABIM Commends IOM P4P Report, But Encourages a More Expansive Definition of Physician Quality ABIM recognizes the Institute of Medicine (IOM) for its thoughtful, insightful report on accelerating improvements in Medicare via pay-for-performance (P4P).
September 20, 2006	ABIM Commends The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System for its National Scorecard Report ABIM and the ABIM Foundation recognize The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System for its unsettling report (9/20/06) on the condition of our nation's health care system as compared to the rest of the world.
July 6, 2006	ABIM Elects Officers and Members to Board of Directors ABIM today announced the election of three officers and seven members to its Board of Directors, including a new Board Chair. Local Physicians Elected to ABIM Board of Directors Two physicians who practice medicine in Philadelphia have been elected to the Board of Directors at the ABIM. Holly J. Humphrey, MD Elected Chair of ABIM Board of Directors Holly J. Humphrey, MD, Professor of Medicine and Dean for Medical Education at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, has been elected Chair of the ABIM Board of Directors. Donald E. Wesson, MD, FACP Elected Chair-Elect of ABIM Board of Directors Donald E. Wesson, MD, FACP, the S.C. Arnett Professor of Medicine and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine and Physiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, has been elected Chair-elect of the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors.
June 28, 2006	Health Insurers Work With ABIM to Reduce Physician Quality Data Reporting Burden In an effort to reduce redundancy in reporting physician performance data, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey will incorporate ABIM's Maintenance of Certification program data into their physician recognition and incentive programs.
June 24, 2006	ABIM Appoints Ann C. Greiner as Vice President of Policy In this newly created position, Ms. Greiner will work to further the mission of quality and professionalism by strengthening relationships held by ABIM and the ABIM Foundation with health policy makers.
June 23, 2006	ABIM and the American Hospital Association Announce New Quality Improvement Tool for Hospital-Based Patient Care ABIM and American Hospital Association announced the release of a Web-based tool to help physicians in internal medicine enhance the quality of care they provide to their hospital patients. This tool allows physicians to review current clinical practice guidelines for heart attacks, heart failure and community-acquired pneumonia against their own hospital's practice.
June 8, 2006	Is Your Doctor Keeping Up? Board Certification is a meaningful indicator that a physician has the knowledge, experience and skills necessary to provide high quality patient care.
March 16, 2006	ABIM to Recognize CMS Physician Voluntary Reporting Measures
March 2, 2006	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska Rewards Internists for Completing ABIM's Evaluation of Practice Modules
February 22, 2006	ABIM Identifies Key to Measuring and Improving Quality of Health Care
February 22, 2006	ABIM Announces New Tools for Internists to Enhance Quality of Care
February 6, 2006	ABIM Announces Strategic Linkage With Bridges to Excellence (BtE) Strategic Linkage Between ABIM & BtE - Frequently Asked Questions
January 3, 2006	Internal Medicine Organizations Survey Internists on Maintenance of Certification (pdf)

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