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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. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2025 Examining the Construct Stability of the Family Medicine Certification Scale Between One-Day Exam and Longitudinal Assessment Go to Examining the Construct Stability of the Family Medicine Certification Scale Between One-Day Exam and Longitudinal Assessment 2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty 2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians 2022 Competencies for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care Go to Competencies for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care
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 2025 Examining the Construct Stability of the Family Medicine Certification Scale Between One-Day Exam and Longitudinal Assessment Go to Examining the Construct Stability of the Family Medicine Certification Scale Between One-Day Exam and Longitudinal Assessment 2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty 2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians 2022 Competencies for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care Go to Competencies for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care
2025 Examining the Construct Stability of the Family Medicine Certification Scale Between One-Day Exam and Longitudinal Assessment Go to Examining the Construct Stability of the Family Medicine Certification Scale Between One-Day Exam and Longitudinal Assessment
2021 Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty Go to Milestones in Family Medicine: Lessons for the Specialty
2018 Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians Go to Rural Family Physicians Have a Broader Scope of Practice Than Urban Family Physicians
2022 Competencies for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care Go to Competencies for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care
