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Language, XML) that allowed comparisons (the Healthcare Professional Profile),
to encode and transmit data (the Activity Report) and to ensure security. The Web
Service used by the ABP (WebSphere) employed 128-bit encryption, tokens and
domain information to ensure the authenticity of the sender of the data. Keys held
by each organization are also employed to further guarantee the integrity and safety
of sender and receiver of data.
The ABP also allows reciprocity of MOC activities with other ABMS boards,
specifically the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), for pediatricians also
certified as internists. For example, a pediatrician may complete a self-assessment
activity offered by ABIM and use that activity to meet the self-assessment requirement
for MOC in internal medicine AND pediatrics rather than having to complete
two activities. The ABP is planning on using the MedBiquitous Activity Report
to exchange data with the ABIM regarding these activities. The Activity Report is
also being examined for data exchange between ABP and other boards for MOC
activities where the pediatricians must participate in activities sponsored by those
boards.
References
1. American Board of Pediatrics. Board Certification; 2008. Available at: http://www.abp.org/
abpinfo/abouttheabp.htm. Accessed December 21, 2008.
2. Federation of State Medical Boards. About State Medical Boards; 2008. Available at: http://
www.fsmb.org/smb_overview.html. Accessed December 21, 2008.
3. Federation of State Medical Boards. Federation Physician Data Center; 2008. Available at:
http://www.fsmb.org/m_fpdc.html. Accessed December 21, 2008.
4. American Board of Medical Specialties. Board Certification Verification Resources; 2008.
Available at: http://www.abms.org/Products_and_Publications/Certification_Verification.
Accessed December 21, 2008.
5. MedBiquitous Consortium. Medbiquitous Website; 2008. Available at: http://www.medbiq.
org. Accessed December 21, 2008.
6. American Board of Medical Specialties. ABMS Maintenance of Certification; 2008.
Available at: http://www.abms.org/Maintenance_of_Certification/ABMS_MOC.aspx. Accessed
December 21, 2008.
Additional Suggested Readings
Pasini N. The Who, What, Why, and How of E-learning Standards. The Medbiquitous
E-Learning Discourse (MELD); 2006. Available at: http://meld.medbiq.org/primers/e-learning_
standards_pasini.htm. Accessed April 6, 2009.
Smothers V, Clarke M, Van Dyck C. MedBiquitous and journal publishers: scholarly content and
online medical communities. Learn Publ. 2006;19(2):125–132.