741410login-checkCardiology ‘has evolved’: Heart societies unite to push for independent medical board |
By Regina Schaffer
Four professional cardiovascular societies announced a push to create an independent board for cardiovascular medicine, part of an effort to simplify a competency process for cardiologists that has recently been a source of controversy.
The proposed new board would be independent of the American Board of Internal Medicine, where the cardiology certification process currently exists. In a press release, the American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions announced they are jointly preparing to submit a new board application, with potential for additional consortium members to join. Read the full article in Healio.
741410login-checkCardiology ‘has evolved’: Heart societies unite to push for independent medical board |