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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 2024 Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Family Medicine Practices Go to Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Family Medicine Practices 2010 Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues Go to Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues 2014 Do family physicians choose self-assessment activities based on what they know or don’t know? Go to Do family physicians choose self-assessment activities based on what they know or don’t know? 2022 From ABFM: Breakthroughs: What has the NASEM Report Done for You Lately? Go to From ABFM: Breakthroughs: What has the NASEM Report Done for You Lately?
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 2024 Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Family Medicine Practices Go to Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Family Medicine Practices 2010 Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues Go to Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues 2014 Do family physicians choose self-assessment activities based on what they know or don’t know? Go to Do family physicians choose self-assessment activities based on what they know or don’t know? 2022 From ABFM: Breakthroughs: What has the NASEM Report Done for You Lately? Go to From ABFM: Breakthroughs: What has the NASEM Report Done for You Lately?
2024 Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Family Medicine Practices Go to Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Family Medicine Practices
2010 Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues Go to Family medicine at 40 years of age: the journey to transformation continues
2014 Do family physicians choose self-assessment activities based on what they know or don’t know? Go to Do family physicians choose self-assessment activities based on what they know or don’t know?
2022 From ABFM: Breakthroughs: What has the NASEM Report Done for You Lately? Go to From ABFM: Breakthroughs: What has the NASEM Report Done for You Lately?
