Out-patient authorized medical examinations in practice

The basic parameters for authorized medical examination procedures have changed considerably in recent years, appearing to make reorganization and enhancement urgently necessary. The factors to be taken into consideration include altered specialty designations and authorized medical examiner training, which, as a result of reforms to further medical training and associated specialization, may lead to bottlenecks in the treatment of accident injuries, as well as the current problems accompanying authorized medical examiners active either in practices or in-patient departments. Inclusion of the authorized medical examiner active in outpatient departments in any reorganization is urgently required, since his interests are currently under-represented by the German national association of statutory health insurance physicians.