A mammogram is an x-ray picture of the breast. Mammograms can be used to check for breast cancer in women who have no signs or symptoms of the disease. This type of mammogram is called a screening mammogram.
Board certified: In medicine, a description for a physician who has taken and passed a medical specialty examination by one of several recognized boards of specialists. Before obtaining board certification, the physician must become board eligible.
Patients, physicians, healthcare providers, insurers and quality organizations look for Board certification as the best measure of a physicianâs knowledge, experience and skills to provide quality healthcare within a given specialty.oard cert ification demonstrates a physicianâs exceptional expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice. Medical specialty certification in the United States is a voluntary process.