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Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Board of Registration In Medicine

Another challenge of researching traditional medical practices is the lack of consistency and clarity in the terminology used by authors to describe various beliefs and practices. Often the term “traditional medicine” is loosely applied to a variety of diverse activities that are not always uniformly acknowledged among Indigenous practitioners and their clients. It is a useful exercise to discuss the variety of definitions that traditional medicine is, or is not accorded, the latter being the case in most academic and non-academic journals. Of all the literature reviewed, only a handful of sources offered general descriptions of the characteristics of. | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration In Medicine Annual Report 2005 Mitt Romney Governor Kerry Healey Lieutenant Governor Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine 560 Harrison Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02118 His Excellency Mitt Romney Governor of the Commonwealth And the Honorable Members of the General Court of Massachusetts Martin Crane MD Chairman Roscoe Trimmier Esq. Vice Chairman Randy Wertheimer MD Secretary Hon. E. George Daher Public Member Guy Fish MD Physician Member John Herman MD Physician Member Asha Wallace MD Physician Member Dear Governor Romney and Members of the General Court On behalf of the Board of Registration in Medicine I am pleased to announce the submission and availability of a report summarizing the Agency s activities for the calendar year 2005. The Board of Registration in Medicine continues to make tremendous strides in all areas of public protection and health care quality assurance. The 2005 annual report can be found on line on the Board s web site at www.massmedboard.org. In 2005 annual disciplinary actions continued apace although down from 2004 s record high and the agency made further progress in its ambitious program to expand and improve its information technology infrastructure and capabilities. The Board and the Department of Public Health the agency in which it resides administratively remain close partners in the work of patient protection and support for the physicians who continue to offer the highest quality health care to the citizens of the Commonwealth. I would note again in this annual report as in annual reports past that the Board of Registration in Medicine while under the Department of Public Health s umbrella continues to operate as an autonomous agency and generates the bulk of its funding from licensing fees paid by physicians. I am pleased to report that in 2005 the Board continued its record of stability and deep commitment to protecting the public and serving the .