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

    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

    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.

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

    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

    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.

    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

    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

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

    “Who let you into this country?”: Medical Students write about Racism, Mistrust During Training

    Four future physicians share their personal stories as winners of the Building Trust Essay Contest.

    ABIM Foundation Announces Its New Chair and Trustees

    The ABIM Foundation today announced the election of David L. Coleman, MD as Chair and the appointment of four new members to its Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2022: Odette C. Bolano, FACHE, MHA, BSN, Ali Khan, MD, MPP, FACP, Bruce Leff, MD, and Heather Comer Yun, MD, FACP, FIDS. The Board also elected Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH as Vice Chair and Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH as Secretary-Treasurer.

    Medical Education Diversity and Inclusion Effort gets $400K Shot in the Arm

    Programs designed to mentor aspiring doctors and build a trustworthy health care system