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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 1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project 2025 Milestones Progression of International Medical Graduates in Family Medicine Go to Milestones Progression of International Medical Graduates in Family Medicine 2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society 2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety
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 1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project 2025 Milestones Progression of International Medical Graduates in Family Medicine Go to Milestones Progression of International Medical Graduates in Family Medicine 2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society 2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety
1999 The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project Go to The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project
2025 Milestones Progression of International Medical Graduates in Family Medicine Go to Milestones Progression of International Medical Graduates in Family Medicine
2019 Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society Go to Medical Professionalism: A contract with Society
2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety
