The ABIM certificate is recognized throughout the world as signifying excellence in the practice of Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. It demonstrates that a doctor has met vigorous standards through intensive study, self-assessment, and evaluation.

Certification is designed to assure the public that a medical specialist has successfully completed an approved educational program and an evaluation, including a secure examination designed to assess the knowledge, experience, and skills requisite to the provision of high quality patient care.

Certification requirements include:

• Completion of the required predoctoral medical education
• Completion of required training in an accredited residency program
• Assessment and documentation of individual performance from the residency training director or from the chief of service in the hospital where the specialist practices
• An unrestricted license to practice medicine
• Passing a certification examination

Candidates who have passed the exams and satisfied other requirements are then given the status of "Diplomate" and are certified as specialists.

Recognized by the American Diabetes Association and the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a practice that demonstrates that they provide high-quality care to patients with diabetes.

To prevent the devastating complications of diabetes, NCQA encourages the provision of comprehensive, quality health care to people with diabetes.

To support this goal, the Diabetes Physician Recognition Program, cosponsored by the American Diabetes Association, assesses physicians on their performance on measures of care for adult measures and measures of care for pediatric measures.

Recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a practice that demonstrates that they provide high-quality care to patients who have cardiovascular disease or who have had a stroke.

More than 60 million Americans have cardiovascular disease or have suffered a stroke, and the two conditions combined are the leading cause of death in the United States. Many of these Americans do not receive services demonstrated to be effective in preventing deterioration in health from these conditions.

To encourage improvement in care and build upon favorable experience with the Diabetes Physician Recognition Program (DPRP), The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) are creating a comparable program to recognize the quality of care provided by physicians for persons who have cardiovascular disease or who have had a stroke.

The Certified Medical Director program recognizes the dual clinical and managerial roles of the medical director. Certification requires indicators of competence in clinical medicine and medical management in long term care. The certification process is based on an experiential model that incorporates existing mechanisms such as fellowship programs, board certification, continuing medical education programs offered by major provider organizations, CMD-approved, and AMDA-sponsored courses in medical direction, and other continuing education programs to fulfill certification requirements. The AMDA CMD program is administered by the American Medical Directors Certification Program (AMDCP), an independent not-for-profit organization.

A "WCC®" certified practitioner, is a healthcare professional who has made a choice to advance their knowledge in wound care.  This is demonstrated by years of experience, a desire to become certified, attending extensive wound
care training and passing a certification examination.  This knowledge base is a voluntary personal desire to deliver the highest quality of wound care available in the United States.