ABIM Foundation

As 2024 comes to a close, we’re proud to share highlights from a year of growth and impact at the ABIM Foundation. Together, we’ve: ✅ Advanced our Building Trust initiative. ✅ Begun to address #medicaldebt through research and dialogue. ✅ Strengthened our commitment to #healthequity with new grants and partnerships. ✅ Convened 120+ health care leaders at the ABIM Foundation Forum to discuss being a trustworthy professional in a polarized society. Hear from Jessica Perlo and Furman S McDonald, MD, MPH about our journey this year and where we’re headed in 2025.

"Medical debt isn’t just a financial burden—it impacts the mental and physical well-being of patients and their families," says Dr. Kelsey Chalmers, Scholar in Residence for AcademyHealth and ABIM Foundation's Advancing Trust: A Focus on Medical Debt initiative. "Only through collaboration can we drive meaningful policy change," adds Dr. Eva Marie Stahl. As Scholars in Residence, Drs. Chalmers and Stahl will play a key role in shaping our work on medical debt policies and practices. Read more in our announcement: https://lnkd.in/eDhvp237

Trust is foundational to the delivery of health care, but what is trust and how do you know whether it’s present in a relationship or how resilient it is? Join us on March 12 to discuss existing trust measures and actionable recommendations for researchers and clinicians looking to assess and build trust with patients and communities. Register: https://lnkd.in/eYGPWzAQ

While professionalism in health care typically refers to the rights, duties, and obligations of individuals, there's no widely accepted definition of “organizational professionalism.” A new study from Cambridge University Press is the first to explore this concept among health system leaders. The research delves into how leaders understand organizational professionalism, measure performance, and build trust within their organizations. https://lnkd.in/eS2UdAFv Julie Agris Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH Krista Emma, MBA, PMP Ahmed Alaskar Rich Frankel Blair Buder University of Cambridge

Trust is the foundation of professionalism in health care, but how do we navigate generational and values-based differences? The 2025 ABIM Foundation #BuildingTrustEssayContest invites students and trainees to explore these challenges and opportunities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eEENAT8W 

Understanding how professionalism is perceived by the next generation of health care leaders is more important than ever. The ABIM Foundation is fielding a survey and hosting focus groups to capture these perspectives—and we need your input! 📋 Take our brief, anonymous survey (10–15 minutes) –https://lnkd.in/eJGS47M9 💬 Join us for our focus group discussion (1.5 hours via Zoom) – https://lnkd.in/ekymis8Q

Justice and equity do not come because they are convenient or easy. They are always hard-fought journeys that require us to change our own stances and structures to change the world. In a moment when so much power is being wielded to rollback programs and policies aimed at advancing racial justice, WE in the World, supported by RWJF, and in partnership with NEJM Catalyst, are honored to sponsor a special issue to celebrate and learn from these hard-fought journeys. Going beyond rhetoric, this special issue is an invitation to share articles and case studies about how your health system is addressing structural racism in practical ways. What practical processes are you applying this to? How can your journeys help us to either: 1) measure racism and be accountable for improving it together with communities? 2) eliminate racialized diagnostics and algorithms? In this moment, remember that the act of building just, accessible, equitable health systems that create healing for everyone is fundamental to what it means to be a health professional. #Together, we can #JUSTICESQUARED IHI Ronald W. ABIM Foundation Rishi Manchanda MD MPH Rise To Health Coalition Pedja Stojicic, MD, MPH

Organizations across medicine are thinking more deeply about the role of professionalism in a changing medical landscape. We’d love to hear your perspective on what medical professionalism means to you and how it connects to our mission. Share your thoughts by taking our short survey (https://lnkd.in/eZerGDs6) or join a focus group for a deeper discussion (https://lnkd.in/eAfGuW_M).

We're recognizing the winners of the 15th Annual John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize! 🏆 These outstanding articles from NEJM Group & JAMA Internal Medicine address some of the most pressing issues in health care today—from ethical challenges to administrative burdens that impact patient care. https://lnkd.in/efG-CFDj Applied Clinical Informatics Section, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus The University of New Mexico University of California, San Francisco Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Texas Veterans Health Care System The University of Texas at Austin Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

We are looking for a Program Manager to join our team. This role will oversee all aspects of the ABIM Foundation Forum, while also cultivating and managing external partnerships.