Phoenix Newsletter - October 2025 President’s Message: Enduring Commitments in a Time of Change Read President’s Message: Enduring Commitments in a Time of Change
Home Research Research Library PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION PURSUING PRACTICAL PROFESSIONALISM: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION 2019 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Newton, Warren P Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Physician Experience (Burnout / Satisfaction), Practice Innovations, and Professionalism Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine Still early in a long game of delivery system transformation, the United States is already experiencing some of the negative consequences of pursuing quality and value measurement on professionalism in health care, specifically in the form of provider burnout. Other countries have struggled with similar endeavors, including the United Kingdom, which in 2004 launched an important experiment in value-base payment called the Quality and Outcomes Framework, or the QOF (“Qwaf”). The QOF increased primary care payments by up to 25% depending on how physicians did on more than 120 measures. ABFM Research Read all 2013 Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives Go to Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives 2020 Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year Go to Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year 2023 Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals Go to Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals 2024 Small Independent Primary Care Practices Serving Socially Vulnerable Urban Populations Go to Small Independent Primary Care Practices Serving Socially Vulnerable Urban Populations
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Newton, Warren P Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification, Role of Primary Care, and Achieving Health System Goals Keyword(s) Physician Experience (Burnout / Satisfaction), Practice Innovations, and Professionalism Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2013 Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives Go to Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives 2020 Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year Go to Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year 2023 Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals Go to Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals 2024 Small Independent Primary Care Practices Serving Socially Vulnerable Urban Populations Go to Small Independent Primary Care Practices Serving Socially Vulnerable Urban Populations
2013 Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives Go to Most family physicians work routinely with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse midwives
2020 Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year Go to Family Medicine Certification Longitudinal Assessment after One Year
2023 Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals Go to Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals
2024 Small Independent Primary Care Practices Serving Socially Vulnerable Urban Populations Go to Small Independent Primary Care Practices Serving Socially Vulnerable Urban Populations
