Fsmb.org
Title
FSMB | Federation of State Medical Boards
Description
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) is a national non-profit organization representing the 70 medical boards of the United States and its territories.
The FSMB's mission is to continuously improve the quality, safety and integrity of health care through developing and promoting high standards for physician licensure and practice.
Continual improvement in the quality, safety and integrity of health care through the development and promotion of high standards for physician licensure and practice.
Medical regulation will be performed through an interstate system of interconnected state boards structured as independent agencies with control over their resources, free of partisanship, federal control or special-interest influence, and utilizing consistent standards, language, definitions and tools.
State medical boards will continue to be principal entities charged with maintaining and improving the quality of health care. As an interconnected system, state boards will share information and resources, work cooperatively, and avoid duplication of effort.
Languages
English
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Additional Information
Online Prescriber Education Network (OPEN) - CME Module:
The Attorney General Consumer and Prescriber Education Grant Program was created to educate health care professionals about pharmaceutical industry marketing practices and to provide tools for accessing unbiased sources of information about prescription drugs. The program is funded through the 2004 Attorneys General settlement resolving allegations that Warner Lambert violated state consumer protection laws when promoting Neurontin for off-label uses.
As a program grantee, the Federation of State Medical Boards Research and Education Foundation has developed and implemented a Web-based portal the Online Prescriber Education Network (OPEN) to provide accredited continuing medical education courses developed by other program grantees. In cooperation with the FSMB 70 member state medical boards, these modules are offered to enhance the protection of the public and improve the quality of health care.
Through the OPEN portal, all licensed physicians in the nation will have access to educational programs about pharmaceutical industry marketing techniques and their effect on prescribing practices. In addition, the portal will provide access to relevant state and federal statutes, unbiased databases of information about the safety and efficacy of prescription medications, reporting mechanisms for adverse events related to medications and tools and strategies for evidence-based prescribing.
FSMB Research and Education Foundation:
The Federation of State Medical Boards Research and Education Foundation undertakes educational and scientific research projects designed to expand public and medical professional knowledge and awareness of challenges impacting health care and health care regulation.
The Foundation makes the results of its research available to the public and provides educational forums for further dialogue leading to the promotion of high standards for the safety and welfare of the public.
Recent educational endeavors involving the Foundation, include:
- Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Physician's Guide - Online Prescriber Education Network O.P.E.N. - Pain Care Workshops
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External Links
- Alexa: Fsmb.org
