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Scottsdale,
Ariz. -- What do you do if you want to find
an ophthalmologist or sports medicine physician in
your city? Log on to the Arizona Medical Board’s
website, www.azmdboard.org, and search for a physician
by specialty and/or city or county. Beginning this
week, millions of Arizona Medical Board website users
can perform customized searches to find a specialist
among over 10,000 licensed in-state physicians.
“The
public has been asking for this option for years,”
said Executive Director Barry A. Cassidy, Ph.D., P.A.-C.
“It’s wonderful to have a technology team
that can make it happen for them today.” By
using Board’s existing technological resources,
Cassidy added, this service was provided at no additional
costs to the agency and required minimal staff time.
“By
no means is this a referral service,” Cassidy
stressed. The Arizona Medical Board maintains that
this feature is simply a means to pull up the names
every in-state licensed physician in the customized
search. “From there, consumers can make an informed
health care decision based on the information provided
in the physician’s profile,” said Cassidy.
Users
who want to access this feature should click on the
“Doctor Query” tab on the left hand side
of the screen. From there, they can conduct a traditional
search by name or use the specialty search option.
Queries of physicians by common specialties in large
metropolitan areas will bring up a wider range of
physicians than a smaller, more customized search.
For example, a search for a family practice physician
in Maricopa County will yield over 900 matches. A
search for an OB/GYN in Chandler, however, will provide
a much smaller match – 21 physicians. The search
results will also provide a hyperlink to the physician’s
profile, the city where the physician practices, and
the physician’s license status.
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