Board certification opening new doors for hospitalists
Medical Staff Briefing, April 1, 2009
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If you've been waiting patiently for one of the major certifying boards to formally recognize hospital medicine as a distinct specialty, your day has come. In January, the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) introduced the American Board of Hospital Medicine (ABHM), which offers the first board certification exclusively for inpatient specialists. Additionally, the American Board of Internal Medicine BIM), under the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), is working with the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) to develop board certification for hospitalists. ABIM is working with ABMS on plan details. "It will help legitimize hospital medicine," says John Nelson, MD, FACP, medical director of the hospitalist practice at Overlake Hospital and partner at Nelson/Flores Hospital Medicine Consultants, both located in Bellevue, WA. "It is hard to be regarded by other doctors as a legitimate specialty if you don't have a board exam." Nelson is the cofounder and past president of SHM.
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