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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 [...]
Attracting Physicians to Primary Care
In 2010, David Reuben wrote that if primary care was to be once again an attractive specialty to pursue, simply increasing the reimbursement levels would not be enough. Rather, the working conditions and job content would also have to change. A strong primary care workforce is crucial to improving the quality of care in this [...]
Medical Professionalism in 2011
As we celebrate the arrival of 2012, I’d like to take a moment and reflect on the ABIM Foundation’s accomplishments in advancing professionalism over the past year:
Exploring What Works to Improve Care: Hold the Money, Pass the Praise
On November 18th, the American Board of Internal Medicine, through a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the ABIM Foundation, conducted a conference entitled, “Physician Level Assessment and Recognition: What Works?” The basis of the conference was a yet-to-be-published systematic literature review that compares the efficacy [...]
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