Media Inquiries
Jaime McClennen
Email: press@abimfoundation.org
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Is Less More?
Repertoire | August 2022
Pain, Fear and Waste: The Costs of Unnecessary Care
Tradeoffs Podcast | March 3, 2022
The Case For ACOs: Why Payment Reform Remains Necessary
HEALTH AFFAIRS | January 24, 2022
Low-value services within Choosing Wisely often revenue neutral for recommending societies
Healio | January 6, 2022
Study Finds Sharp Drop in Opioid Scripts Among Most Specialties
Medscape | January 4, 2022
A Project Delving Into Low-Value Care Among Black And Latinx Communities During 2020: What Its Two Funders Learned
HEALTH AFFAIRS (GrantWatch) | July 27, 2021
Routine Testing Before Surgery Remains Common Despite Low Value
University of Michigan Health Lab | May 17, 2021
McGraw-Hill Education and the ABIM Foundation announce the publication of the definitive guide to teaching and practicing professionalism in medicine
June 25, 2014
Published by McGraw-Hill Medical in partnership with the ABIM Foundation,Understanding Medical Professionalism is a groundbreaking new book that teaches health care students and clinicians how to deliver the highest quality patient care through professionalism in medical practice.
ABIM Foundation Announces Top Articles in Medical Professionalism
May 21, 2014
A committee of physicians, a medical student and other leaders in health care reviewed more than 100 peer reviewed articles published in 2013 and selected the winners.
Survey: Physicians Aware Many Tests and Procedures are Unnecessary, See Themselves as Solution
May 1, 2014
Nearly three out of four U.S. physicians say the frequency with which doctors order unnecessary medical tests and procedures is a serious problem for America’s health care system.
Choosing Wisely continues Conversation about Unnecessary Care with Release of New Lists in 2014
January 8, 2014
To date, 60 societies and 16 consumer groups have joined the Choosing Wisely effort.
ABIM Foundation Announces New Tools to Enhance Physician Communication Skills
December 17, 2013
The ABIM Foundation announces new education modules, developed by Drexel University College of Medicine and nine medical specialty societies, to help physicians engage their patients in conversations about tests and procedures to question.
Teaching Value and Choosing Wisely Competition Winners Announced
October 16, 2013
Today Costs of Care and the ABIM Foundation recognized six innovative projects developed by medical educators to promote high-value care by reducing waste and overuse in health care.
More Than 30 Specialty Societies to Release New Choosing Wisely Lists Of Tests or Treatments to Question
August 14, 2013
The new lists continue the Choosing Wisely campaign, which brings together national physician groups to develop evidence-based lists of five tests and procedures that may be overused in their specific field.
Teaching Value Project Aims to Reduce Health Care Waste
July 29, 2013
To begin educating physicians and reduce wasteful practices, the Teaching Value Project, an initiative of Costs of Care and funded by the ABIM Foundation, brought together a multidisciplinary group of medical educators and health economists to create a series of Web-based video modules that illustrate core principles of resource stewardship.
ABIM Foundation Announces New Members of Board of Trustees
July 1, 2013
The ABIM Foundation announces the appointments of three new members to its Board of Trustees, John G. Harold, MD, David H. Johnson, MD and Christine A. Sinsky, MD, effective July 1, 2013.
High-Performing Practices Highlight Innovations to Address Burnout
May 20, 2013
Citing lower payments, frustrating models of practice and long hours of clerical work that doesn’t utilize their training, fewer aspiring physicians are choosing to focus in primary care, threatening the quality of care patients receive.