Diplomate Digest - The American Board of Ophthalmology Blog

If you use the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s IRIS® (Intelligent Research in Sight) Registry, you receive detailed monthly reports about your performance based on clinical quality and quality improvement measures. But what do you do with this data after you’ve reviewed it? Do you file it away? Do you track it? What if there was any easy way to act on it, using your personalized information to make meaningful improvements in your practice while receiving MOC credit at the

Happy New Year to the diplomate community of the American Board of Ophthalmology. We wish you another successful year of advancing excellence in eye care. Did you make any resolutions today? According to researchers, just 8% of individuals who make New Year's Resolutions go on to achieve them. So what are 92% of us forgetting? To find out, Forbes interviewed psychologist Paul Marciano, PhD, author of Carrots and Sticks Don't Work, who offered seven tips for creating successfu

If you work for an organization or institution, you may be able to complete Maintenance of Certification (MOC) practice improvement activities as part of the Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program. This article published by the AMA provides an overview on how the program works and how physicians can apply. You can also visit the ABO website for information on this program as well as other practice improvement activity options, including the Self-Directed Quality Improvement Progra