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Navigating Uncertainty in Medicine through Storytelling and Hands-On Learning

September 12, 2023

$360,000 awarded to improve clinical communication with patients When clinicians poorly communicate their uncertainty about a particular medical test, treatment, or diagnosis, it can lead to misunderstandings that can jeopardize the safety of their patients. Despite this, there is a lack of established curricula and reliable assessment methods to teach clinicians how to accept uncertainty... Read more »

ABIM Foundation Names New Executive Vice President

July 27, 2023

Jessica Perlo, MPH, formerly of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, to assume the role September 1 The ABIM Foundation, a national nonprofit focused on advancing medical professionalism to improve the quality of health care, announced Jessica Perlo, MPH, as its next Executive Vice President, effective September 1, 2023. “The health care landscape is changing rapidly,... Read more »

ABIM Foundation Announces New Trustees

July 26, 2023

The ABIM Foundation today announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Trustees: Margaret Flinter, APRN, PhD, FAAN, FAANP, and Rajeev Jain, MD, FACP, FASGE, AGAF.

Medical Schools Receive Nearly Half a Million Dollars to Build Trust in Diverse Communities

July 19, 2023

Programs will advance health equity and address diagnostic gaps

New Health Care Infodemiology Brief Now Available from The ABIM Foundation and The Public Good Projects

July 18, 2023

To help clinicians better understand trending health narratives and debunk false claims to which their patients may have been exposed, the Public Good Projects (PGP), with support from the ABIM Foundation, has launched a new resource The Health Care Infodemiology Brief will examine COVID-19, vaccines, and other topics that are the subjects of most false claims found on social media and online.

“I don’t need meds;” “A natural cure for diabetes;” “They will sell my teeth to the government”

June 7, 2023

Future physicians share first-hand accounts of medical misinformation’s reach and durability as winners of the 2023 Building Trust Essay Contest

Articles about Health Care Inequities, Bias, and Trust are Honored

April 12, 2023

Portraits of myriad health care inequities are displayed in articles honored today by the ABIM Foundation as it announces the winners of its 13th annual John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize.

Less than Half of Patients Say they have Confidence in the US Health Care System. Eight US Health Systems will Test Ways to Reverse that Trend.

March 28, 2023

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, ABIM Foundation, and eight health care organizations will test approaches to restore trust of communities and clinicians

NYU’s Lauren Taylor Joins ABIM Foundation, AcademyHealth Effort to Mitigate Mistrust in Health Care

December 15, 2022

Dr. Taylor named a Scholar-in-Residence for the newly-created Research Community on Trust

New grant funding available aimed at eliminating inequities in health care

November 14, 2022

Leading national health care organizations dedicate $500,000 to fix diagnostic gaps, among other issues to be addressed

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