Dr. Wes

With the  increasing failure rate of first-time test takers of the American Board of Medical Specialties' Maintenance of Certification ...

Yesterday, I noticed a tweet from @angioplastyorg announcing that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be this year's keyno...

"Oh my God, I can't believe how complicated the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Board of Internal Medicine h...

This morning the American Board of Medical Specialties' (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program debate reached a larger mainst...

Do you want to "raise awareness" of how physician quality and value information impacts health care decision making?   Do you want...

The dark underbelly of health care is becoming all too visible now. Fresh faces in neatly pressed white coats are in the halls.  Eager.  E...

This chart says it all: (Click to enlarge*) Now that this is firmly established, the question becomes, what are are we going to do ab...

The American Board of Medical Specialties' (ABMS)  Maintenance of Certification® (MOC) program is marketed as "an ongoing process...

A new CMS National Coverage Decision for pacemakers begins today.  Here are the specifics . If your patient is getting a pacemaker for atr...

This note was recently posted on Sermo (login required) Friday: "I just got results from recent ABIM 10 yr recert and I failed. I ov...

With the advent of social media and seconds-long news cycles, the internet noise grows louder.  Everyone is listening these days: new organi...

"Disruptive innovation is competitive strategy for an age seized by terror." - Jill Lepore, author of " The Disruption M...

When you shine light on cockroaches, they scatter . But we should not think for a minute that the cockroaches are eradicated. That takes...

"A systematic, intensive study intended to increase knowledge or understanding of the subject studied, a systematic study specificall...

Recently, I had one of those "proud Daddy" moments: watching my son play in the Chicago Civic Orchestra's last concert of thei...

With the recent 22% percent failure rate of the most recent Maintenance of Certification (MOC) testing offered by the American Board of Med...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) recently issued a response to the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and American Board ...

"Where did that menu item come from?" I recently thought.  "Come to think of it, where did the Allergy field go? What's t...

An important article by Paul Martin Kempen, MD, PhD that critically reviews the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and American B...