Physicians Sound Alarm on Primary Care Infrastructure

New England Journal of Medicine article by primary care leaders sounds an alarm about our nation’s crumbling primary care infrastructure…

Debt of Family Medicine Residents Has Increased Significantly Since 2014

The number of family medicine residents with more than $250,000 in self-reported educational debt increased by 81% over a 5-year…

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.

ABFM Research Department to Launch Equity and Diversity Policy Brief Series

The ABFM research department recently announced a partnership with the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. to launch a…

A Tribute Poem for Physicians: As Mountains Call

Outgoing public ABFM board member, Melissa Thomason, gifted ABFM with a message of support for the sacred work that family…

Unethical Stoking of Medical Student Fears About Not Matching Into a Residency Training Program

Rise in applications, fees, and AAMC revenue is associated with fear and uncertainty in successfully matching—a fear stoked by a…

Re-Envisioning Family Medicine Residency Training Education

Over 3,500 family physicians and residents participants.

New NASEM Report Released – Implementing High-Quality Primary Care

First report in 25 years that addresses what is needed to produce a robust primary care workforce and builds upon…

High-Quality Primary Care Needs More Investment and Should Be Available to All

A new report just released by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) – Implementing High-Quality Primary Care:…

Clinical Quality Reporting Continues to Be Unreliable

Despite continued growth in heath information technology and calls for interoperability, clinical practices are still struggling to produce and use…