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PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL PRACTICE, LICENSURE AND REGULATION
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) is a national non-profit organization representing the 70 medical and osteopathic boards of the United States and its territories. The FSMB leads by promoting excellence in medical practice, licensure, and regulation as the national resource and voice on behalf of state medical and osteopathic boards in their protection of the public. |
 FSMB to Explore Use of Interstate Compact for Physician Licensure
The House of Delegates of the FSMB unanimously approved a resolution calling for the FSMB to formally explore the creation of a new system that would utilize an “interstate compact” to increase efficiency in the licensing of physicians who practice in multiple states.
Interstate compacts are formal agreements between states that have been successfully utilized to help state governments facilitate a wide range of activities that cross state lines, eliminating the need for federal intervention. Regulation of the health professions is mandated to the states by the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The House resolution calls for the FSMB to convene representatives to explore the practical implications of a medical licensing compact. Such an agreement could be used to help facilitate multi-state practice and enable telemedicine, while ensuring that state boards would retain their individual authority for discipline and oversight. More.
 Federation of State Medical Boards Elects New Officers and Board Members
The Federation of State Medical Boards House of Delegates elected new officers during its Annual Meeting held April 20, 2013 in Boston. The following individuals were elected to the FSMB Board of Directors:
- Jon V. Thomas, MD, MBA, assumed the position of Chair
- Donald H. Polk, DO, was selected Chair-elect
- Lyle Kelsey, MBA, was named the new Associate Member for a two-year term
- Ralph C. Loomis, MD; Datta G. Wagle, MD; and Michael D. Zanolli, MD; were elected to a three-year term on the FSMB Board of Directors
- Deeni Bassam, MD; Tariq H. Butt, MD; and Anna Z. Hayden, DO; were elected to two-year terms on the FSMB Nominating Committee
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 FSMB Releases 2012 Census in Journal of Medical Regulation
In the latest issue of the Journal of Medical Regulation, the FSMB presents the results of its second Census of U.S. Physicians, including information about the number of licensed physicians, their demographic make-up, and where they practice.
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 Online Medical Professionalism: Patient and Public Relationships
The American College of Physicians and the FSMB released a paper examining and providing recommendations regarding the influence of social media on the patient-physician relationship. It also addresses the role of online media and public perception of physician behaviors and strategies for patient-physician communications that preserve confidentiality while best utilizing new technologies.
The paper includes a chart of online activities, potential benefits and dangers, and recommended safeguards for physician behavior. For example, communicating with patients using email offers the potential benefits of accessibility and immediacy of answers. The potential dangers are confidentiality concerns, replacement of face-to-face interaction, and misinterpretation of digital interactions. The safeguards include reserving digital communications for those that maintain face-to-face follow-up only.
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 FSMB Partners to Launch Data Commons, LLC
The FSMB and several other leading national physician education and assessment organizations have announced their partnership to launch the Data Commons, LLC. The Data Commons is an information-sharing company that is developing a system to improve the accessibility and use of data about physicians and other health care professionals. The core of this new system is a secure data hub that will allow multiple organizations to make available selected information from their individual databases. The five other organizations joining in the partnership are the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Pediatrics, the Association of American Medical Colleges®, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, and the National Board of Medical Examiners®. The Data Commons, LLC, is a joint partnership that will manage the new system. Learn more.
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