ABFM Insights
Certification Tips, Best Practices, and Inspiration.
Performance Improvement
Better Together: One Physician’s Case for Team-Based Care
How one family physician turned a performance improvement activity into a lasting culture shift in her clinic.
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Certification
ABFM’s Approach to Health Equity and DEI in the Curation of Knowledge Assessment Questions
ABFM acknowledges our responsibility to ensure that the questions we use in all self-assessment activities and examinations are free from bias.
Health Equity in Action
ABFM Diplomate Shares Story About Using The Health Disparities/Equity Self-Directed PI Activity to Drive Behavior Change
Dr. Karl Steinberg used a self-directed PI project to address systemic racism and promote inclusion in long-term care settings.
Certification
More Tips to Help You Stay on Track for Stage Ending Requirements
Five practical tips can help physicians stay on track and avoid a last-minute certification deadline rush.
Research & Health Policy
Physicians Sound Alarm on Primary Care Infrastructure
Primary care leaders call for urgent investment in the nation’s primary care infrastructure and renewed federal leadership.
ABFM
A Tribute Poem for Physicians: As Mountains Call
Melissa Thomason honors family physicians through a tribute poem celebrating their dedication, compassion, and service.
Research & Health Policy
Adjusting Health Care Payments for Social Risk is Critical for Addressing Patients’ Social Needs
Policy design workshop produces consensus on a demonstration model for a payment adjustment based on census-tract level social deprivation indices.
Research & Health Policy
Clinical Quality Reporting Continues to Be Unreliable
New research reveals persistent barriers to reliable clinical quality reporting despite advances in health IT.
Research & Health Policy
Increasing Primary Care Physicians Could Boost Life Expectancy, Reduce Deaths in Underserved Areas
Research suggests expanding the primary care workforce could improve life expectancy and reduce deaths in underserved communities.
ABFM
Honoring Family Physicians Lost Due to COVID-19
ABFM honors family physicians who lost their lives to COVID-19 and recognizes their service on the front lines of the pandemic.
Exam
Exam Item Writers: A Long History of Family Physicians Committed to Helping Us Improve
Learn how volunteer family physicians help develop and review ABFM exam questions, strengthening certification for the specialty.
Certification
A Health System’s Quality Initiative Coupled with a New ABFM KSA: Alignment to Improve Care
A partnership between ABFM, IPMA, and health system leaders aligned a new Palliative Care KSA with quality improvement efforts.
Certification
Asthma KSA Revision: A Collaboration with ABFM Diplomate, Dr. Kurt Elward
ABFM’s revised Asthma KSA features expert updates from Dr. Kurt Elward based on new national guidelines