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Incurable and Irreversible
My Argentinean mother-in-law is 95 years old and suffers from advancing dementia. She has lived with my sister-in-law for the last eight years and both of her daughters are considered her caregivers. A person comes to the house for about seven hours a day to assist her in activities of daily living. After suffering what [...]
Physicians and Residents Climbing the Mt. Everest of Medical Waste
The ABIM Foundation’s “Putting the Charter into Practice” grant program is focused on advancing stewardship in health care delivery systems. In 2011, we awarded five grants of $20,000 each, and we’ve been excited to see the tremendous return on this investment.
Five Reasons Choosing Wisely® Has Appeal to Physicians
We’ve heard from a number of physicians across the country that they are beginning to think through ways to advance the Choosing Wisely campaign. They are embracing the recommendations from the specialty societies and exploring how conversations between physicians and patients about reducing overused or wasteful tests and procedures can be embedded in their practices. [...]
Recommended Reading: September 21 – 28
This week’s Recommended Reading spotlights recent articles on the Choosing Wisely® campaign and other efforts to reduce unnecessary health care tests and procedures. In The Wall Street Journal article, Cause of Death: Medical Error and Overtreatment, Marty Makary, MD shares personal stories from patients who have experienced adverse medical events. Dr. Makary argues that health care [...]
The Institute of Medicine’s Report – Best Care at Lower Cost: Changing the Paradigm and Creating a New Vision for Choosing Wisely® in U.S. Health Care
On September 6, 2012, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a long-awaited report: Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America. Recognizing that our health care system does not deliver the quality of care we would expect based on the tremendous financial resources allocated to it, the report focused [...]
Recommended Reading: September 8 – 14
This edition of Recommended Reading includes articles on the impact of payment on physician professionalism, the role of professionalism in quality improvement, and the latest on the Choosing Wisely® campaign. A new article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal explores how payment models affect physician behavior. In the article, Putting the Charter into Practice grantee [...]
Impressions of 2012 ABIM Foundation Forum: Room with a View
The ABIM Foundation recently held its annual Forum: Choosing Wisely in an Era of Limited Resources with a group of 140 diverse participants, including: consumers, family caregivers, individuals with chronic conditions, physician leaders, medical educators, residents and students, practicing physicians, payers, purchasers, researchers, journal editors and policymakers.
The 2012 ABIM Foundation Forum: Choosing Wisely in an Era of Limited Resources
One of the measures of success for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is how many of the 50 million get coverage. The sustainability of the health care system, and the political and economical viability of ACA, depends upon whether health care costs can be brought under control while ensuring quality and safety of care.
Reflections on the ABIM Foundation Professionalism Article Prize
This year, the ABIM Foundation awarded the second annual Professionalism Article Prizes. Throughout 2011, Foundation staff tracked the medical professionalism literature, which was comprised of over 100 articles. We appreciate the work of the winning authors, along with all the authors who published articles on professionalism this year. The Professionalism Article Prize provides needed recognition [...]
Putting Joy Into Practice: A Journey Into Primary Care
Dr. Christine Sinsky is on a mission to improve the work-life of primary care physicians and clinicians to improve care and attract physicians to primary care. A member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Sinsky is a board certified internist who practices internal medicine at Medical Associates Clinic [...]
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