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The Train Has Left the Station: But Who is On the Train?
I recently attended the Midwest Business Coalition on Healthcare’s (MBCH) Annual Meeting about the Choosing Wisely™ campaign. MBCH is a member of the consumer coalition that will disseminate Consumer Reports’ patient-friendly translations of the 45 recommendations of tests and procedures that physicians and patients should question. At the meeting, a high-level physician executive of one [...]
Hope is On the Way for Primary Care Practice
At a March 12 conference sponsored by the ABIM Foundation, we heard descriptions on how primary care can and should be improved to: enhance the patient experience; improve quality and bring joy back into practice.
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 [...]
Where, Oh Where Do Physicians Learn About Cost-Effectiveness?
The Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) defines the Triple Aim as: Better health (population health) Better care (quality improvement) Reduced cost Although many quality improvement organizations and delivery systems are focused on the Triple Aim, cost is not often a part of their efforts.
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:
Putting the Charter into Practice Grantee: University of Minnesota’s Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
This is the third in a series of posts written by the ABIM Foundation’s Putting the Charter into Practice grantees, which describes their motivation to pursue projects related to stewardship of resources. When you ask people why they want to be doctors, nearly every answer includes a variation on the theme “to help people.” From [...]
Putting the Charter into Practice Grantee: National Physicians Alliance
This is the second in a series of posts written by the ABIM Foundation’s Putting the Charter into Practice grantees, which describes their motivation to pursue projects related to stewardship of resources. I’ve been interested in good stewardship as long as I can remember. It must be connected to the admonishments of my parents not [...]
“Nothing About Me Without Me” – What Patients and Students Have To Say
At the end of July, 150 national health leaders will assemble for the annual ABIM Foundation Forum to discuss the economic sustainability of the health care system, and the respective and joint responsibilities of physicians, patients and the health care community. I reflect with a deep sense of awe and gratitude on the important participants [...]
Population-Based Medicine: Lessons Learned from “My EKG”
In March 2011, mere weeks after the launch of The Medical Professionalism Blog, I wrote a personal account of a baseline EKG I received from my former primary care physician. Based on my knowledge of national guidelines, I felt it was an unnecessary test. I asked my readers to share similar experiences of unwanted tests [...]
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