Press Releases

Philadelphia, PA, April 13, 2012 – Christine K. Cassel, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the ABIM Foundation announced today that she will leave her position as President and CEO of both organizations at the end of her current term in July 2013.

Philadelphia, PA, October 20, 2011 – For physicians maintaining board certification, quality improvement (QI) projects from seven different organizations – including health systems, medical societies and hospitals – have been approved by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) for credit in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program through its Approved Quality Improvement (AQI) Pathway.

Philadelphia, PA, October 4, 2011 – As it celebrates its 75^th anniversary, the American Board of Internal Medicine has made contributions to St. Catherine Labouré Medical Clinic and Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc., two Philadelphia-based charities providing primary medical care to underserved populations in the area.

Philadelphia, PA, March 15, 2011 – Eight new quality improvement (QI) activities have been approved by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) for credit in Maintenance of Certification as part of its Approved Quality Improvement (AQI) Pathway.

Philadelphia, PA, December 2, 2010 – Using data from nearly 1,000 physicians and tens of thousands of patient charts and patient surveys, and with the expertise of practicing physicians and experts in quality improvement, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has developed a performance standard on a composite measure for diabetes care that can effectively identify who provides less than minimally acceptable performance, according to “Setting a Fair Performance Standard for Physicians' Quality of Patient Care” published this week in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Philadelphia, PA, November 24, 2010 – The following summary has been endorsed by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and describes the background to the proposed ABEM co-sponsorship of the ABIM subspecialty of Critical Care Medicine (CCM).

Philadelphia, PA, June 17, 2010 – On June 10^th, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) reached a settlement with Arora Board Review and Rajender Arora, MD, owner and operator of Arora Board Review.

Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2010 – The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) took formal action today to sanction 139 physicians for soliciting or sharing confidential examination questions used to certify doctors in internal medicine and its subspecialties.

Philadelphia, PA, May 14, 2010 – Research published in the April issue of The Journal of Simulation in Healthcare demonstrates the potential for high-fidelity simulations to be used in assessing physician performance as an approach to improving patient safety.

April 15, 2010 – The debate about recertification recently in the New England Journal of Medicine and highlighted earlier this week on KevinMD.com and in an Associated Press article brings to light some of the real challenges facing the future of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.