Physicians have embraced ambient documentation faster than almost any technology before it. But every note it writes carries your signature, and lawyers, auditors and patients are starting to read those notes closely.
|Articles|May 10, 2014
Letter: Certification is waste of time and money
Critics of maintenance of certification should make their opinions known to the certifying boards
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I am board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, but I agree with critics who believe that certification is a waste of time and money.
Critics need to voice this opinion with those insurers and hospitals that use board certification as a criterion for privileges or membership. Advising the credentialing boards themselves to self-destruct and end their gravy train will predictably fall on deaf ears.
Stuart Andrews, MD
Bellingham, Washington
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