New grant funding available aimed at eliminating inequities in health care
In an effort to build a more trustworthy health care system, the ABIM Foundation, in partnership with ABIM and other leading health care organizations, has co-sponsored a grant program to enhance the integration of DEI into the fabric of internal medicine education and training.
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Medical Students write about Racism, Mistrust During Training
Four future physicians share their personal stories as winners of the Building Trust Essay Contest.
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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
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ABIM Foundation Awards $110K to Two Organizations Combating Medical Misinformation
Factchequeado and Cuidate/Take Care Annapolis are identifying and countering health misinformation in diverse communities
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Videos from 2022 ABIM Foundation Forum

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2022 ABIM Foundation Forum Patient Video

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2022 President’s Lecture: Contagious Rumors in the Time of COVID, Renée DiResta

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2022 President’s Lecture Q&A with Reneé DiResta & Richard J. Baron

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Epidemiologic Model: Best Practice Surveillance, Diagnosis and Rapid Response

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Reflections on Day 1 – Jackie Judd and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

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Reflections on Day 2 – Kimberly Manning and Bob Wachter

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Final Thoughts – Reneé DiResta & Richard J. Baron

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Latest News

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

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

September 19, 2022

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

ABIM Foundation Announces Its New Chair and Trustees

July 20, 2022

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

July 12, 2022

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

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Latest Blog Posts

Celebrating 10 years of Choosing Wisely

April 4, 2022

Ten years ago the ABIM Foundation announced a new effort with a lofty goal to improve health care: encourage clinicians to have meaningful conversations with their patients to help avoid unnecessary tests and procedures, many of which offer little benefit and, in some cases, do more harm than good.

Building trust at your organization takes time and resources – we can help

December 13, 2021

Earlier this year the ABIM Foundation launched its Building Trust Initiative with the goal of elevating the importance of trust as an essential organizing principle to guide operations and improvements in health care. And since that launch, we’ve been creating resources to help organizations across various health care sectors start on their own journey of building trust with their staff, community and stakeholders.

ABIM Foundation supports the We Got Us Empowerment Project

December 7, 2021

We Got Us sponsors virtual “empowerment sessions” that are national in scope and are often done in coordination with other organizations, such as Black sororities or churches.

Pursuing Trust and Striving for Equitable Health Care at the 2021 ABIM Foundation Forum

November 3, 2021

This summer, the ABIM Foundation devoted its annual Forum to exploring facets of trust, focusing on how health care organizations can promote equity and become deserving of the trust of—and engage and partner with—marginalized communities.

Choosing Wisely: What we learned and carry forward

October 20, 2021

The lessons learned from Choosing Wisely not only taught us methods to reduce overuse, but also taught us about the key behaviors needed to build trust – one being a simple, well-informed conversation between clinician and patient within an already established relationship.

The love we saw during the 2021 ABIM Foundation Forum

September 21, 2021

At the ABIM Foundation’s annual Forum in early August, more than 130 clinicians, advocates and other leaders in health care came together to discuss how health care organizations can act to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and engender trust among their patients, clinicians, staff, and from the communities they serve. Love was mentioned so many times in conversation, during presentations and in the chat that we lost count.

Joint Statement on Dissemination of Misinformation

September 8, 2021

In times of medical emergency, the community of expert physicians committed to science and evidence collectively shares a responsibility for giving the public the most accurate and timely health information available, so they can make decisions that work best for themselves and their families.

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