The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has announced that the American Hospital Association (AHA) has joined the ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio ProgramTM (Portfolio Program). Hospitals and health systems participating in the AHA’s Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) can now facilitate Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Improvement in Medical Practice (Part IV) credit for physicians who are Board Certified by one of the 21 of 24 ABMS Member Boards participating in the Portfolio Program.   

Facebook is a place for people to post about their daily lives—but for doctors, posts can potentially objectionable content that can be unsettling for patients. A recent study, published in BJU International, analyzing Facebook content of urologists found nearly half of the profiles contained unprofessional content.

University of Cambridge scientists have successfully grown a functional model of the lining of the uterus, advancing the understanding of how the body works in the early stages of pregnancy or in those suffering from endometriosis. 

eHealth Technologies, the leading provider of clinically informed referral solutions, has been named a 2017 Top Workplaces by The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The company was also the recipient of the “Clued-In Senior Management” award based on employee’s reviews.  The Top Workplaces awards are based solely on the results of an employee survey administered by WorkplaceDynamics, LLC.

San Mateo County Health System in California may be adjacent to the technology hotbed of Silicon Valley, but you’d be wrong to assume it’s on the cutting edge of health IT. Instead, it has what the system’s chief information officer called a “spaghetti conundrum.”

IBM has been granted a patent for machine learning models in predictive therapeutic indications and side effects from drug information sources. This technology aims at assisting pharmaceutical companies in advancing drug treatments in many forms.

Dave Willis, chief strategy officer for Clarius Mobile Health, providers of mobile ultrasound units, reviewed how mobile solutions can overcome a multitude of barriers in providing high quality healthcare.

Telemedicine is able to provide point-of-service care in medical emergencies. A recent study, published in Neurology, found telemedical concussion services and face-to-face evaluations agreed on diagnoses 100 percent of the time.