News & Events
Periodically, the Board of Registration in Medicine will be issuing educational
bulletins
on topics of interest to physicians in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Through collaboration with other professional boards, medical professional
associations,
and the public, the Board hopes to be of increased assistance
to the medical community
to ensure patient safety and enhance the quality of
medical care in the Commonwealth.
News & Events
Announcements
2005
March 28, 2005: Consumer Advisory Health Care Proxies
Health care proxies, living wills and other end-of-life care issues have been
much in the news recently, and the Board has received many inquiries regarding
these important advanced care planning documents and questions. The Massachusetts
Medical Society has set up a website, www.healthcareproxy.org,
where interested families and individuals may obtain the appropriate forms
and instructions. The Board would encourage all citizens to visit these websites
and to give thoughtful consideration to the information obtained there as
they make their own health care decisions.
2004
November 16, 2004: Special Report on Medical Malpractice Payments 1994-2003 
September 6, 2004: Consumer
Advisory: Botox®
August 18, 2004: PCA Unit to Implement Recommendations
March 19, 2004: Physician's Profile Announcement
Over the next few days, The Board of Registration in Medicine will be making
some minor changes to the way we collect and store certain types of professional
demographic information in the physician profiles system. Information about translation
services, insurance plans and post graduate training will be changed from free
text fields to standardized fields. This will make it easier for consumers to
understand and for physicians and the Board to maintain this information. This
change will also bring us one step closer to being able to achieve our ultimate
goal of allowing physicians to submit profile information on-line as part of
our on-line renewal initiative in the months ahead.
Please note that we are making no substantive changes to physician profile information. As always, we invite physicians to review their profiles on-line and submit changes whenever it is appropriate.
2003
July 16, 2003: Medicine Board Considers Skills Exam
For New Doctors
2002
2002: Board of Registration in Medicine Progress
Report January - June 2002
October 7, 2002: Agency
Move
April 9, 2002: State
Board of Medicine Responds to Two (2) National Reports
on Doctor Discipline
March 8, 2002: Governor Swift appoints Dr. Randy Ellen
Wertheimer to the Board
2001
2001: Board Meeting Schedule CY2002
2001: Special notice for physicians and consumers
concerning Cipro and Anthrax
2001: Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Progress Report January - June 2001
2001: Hospital Discipline Summary 1995 - 2000
2001: Annual Report of Hospital Discipline, 2000
December 13, 2001: Board Announces New Technology
Initiative
August 30, 2001: PCA
Update Concerning Complications in Patients Receiving Neuraxial Anesthesia/Analgesia
when Taking Medications that Alter Clotting Mechanisms
May 17, 2001: New Board Appointees
April 27, 2001: Press Release - Annual Report of
Hospital Discipline - 2000
2000
2000: Semi Annual Report to the Massachusetts Legislature, January to June
2000
2000: Special
Report on Medical Malpractice Payments
March 22, 2000: Annual Report of Hospital Discipline
April 6, 2000: State Board of Medicine responds to two national reports on
doctor discipline
September 19, 2000: State Medical Board Executive Director to testify before
House Commerce Committee
September 20, 2000: Testimony of Nancy Achin Sullivan,
Executive Director, Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine before
the House Commerce Committee on the Matter of HR5122 (Patient Protection Act)
News & Events
Annual Reports
2007 annual report is coming soon.
2006 Board
of Registration in Medicine Annual Report
2005 Board
of Registration in Medicine Annual Report
2004 Board of
Registration in Medicine Annual Report
2003 Board of
Registration in Medicine Annual Report
2002 Board of
Registration in Medicine Annual Report
2001 Board
of Registration in Medicine Annual Report
2000 Board
Releases Annual Report
2000 Board
of Registration in Medicine Annual Report
News & Events
Educational Bulletins
Centers
for Disease Control - Smallpox Information
OxyContin
Prescribing Guidelines
Don't
be scammed by a drug abuser
Special
advisory for physicians and consumers concerning Cipro and Anthrax
News & Events
Newsletters
Board Newsletters
PCA Newsletters
- Children's Hospital "Speak Up"
- BMC Serves Multilingual Population
- "Surviving Sepsis" at Fairview Hospital
- MA Pharmacy Board names new Chair
- 2007 PCA Division Highlights
- Fairlawn's Wound Care Strategies
- NSMC PCA Process
- Methotrexate Warning
- Suicide Risk Assessment, Part II
- Record Attendance for PCA Conference
- AANA Honors Janet Dewan
- SQRs-What Have We Seen
- Notice of new PCA Advisories
- New SQR Reporting Form
- Suicide Risk Assessment
- Peer Review Conference
- Contrast Agents for MRIs
- PCA Profile: Dinesh Patel
- Fond Farewell
- PCA is a Mystery
- PCA Philosophy
- The MITSS Program
- Performance
- New Year's Resolutions
- Chairman's Corner
- PCA Update - Laparoscopic Injuries
- New Health Care Facility Review Form
- Patient Medication Lists
- Conflict of Interest Policy
- Practice of Medicine
- Excellence in Patient Safety
- Leading the Way
- Patient Safety Action Team
- Regulatory Update
- Guest Article
- FDA Updates
- Advocating for Patients
- The Regulatory Process
- Conscious Sedation
- Change in Command
- Hydromorphone Advisory
- New Season for PCA
- What We Do
- Performance Data
- One Hospital
- Type 3 Reports
- The Journey Continues
- PCA Goes To School
- Meet the PCA Staff
- Benchmarks
- Weight Loss Highlights
- A New Beginning
- Tumbles and Falls
- Meet the PCA Committee
- Bariactric Benchmarks
- To Report or Not Report
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