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Attitudes and Perceptions of Research Among US Family Medicine Department Chairs
February 4, 2021
Nearly all family medicine chair respondents agree or strongly agree that research is important to the mission of their department and that research productivity raises the prestige of their department.
The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural...
January 19, 2021
Approximately 28 million reproductive-age women in the United States live in rural counties, yet over half of rural counties do not have an obstetrician/gynecologist.
The Future of Family Medicine: An Update on Re-Envisioning Residency Training
January 15, 2021
Major family medicine organizations collaborate to inform the work of the Family Medicine Review Committee and ACGME.
ABFM Joins Push to Reform Primary Care Payment and Regulatory Burden
December 22, 2020
ABFM is joining with the American Academy of Family Physicians and five other organizations, representing more than 400,000 primary care physicians nationwide, to take a stand and advocate for major reform in...
Kameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP, Puffer/ABFM Fellow Elected to National Academy of...
October 23, 2020
Dr. Matthews currently serves as Assistant Under Secretary of Health for Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer at the Veterans Health Administration in Washington, DC and was previously selected as the NAM’s...
ONC Awards Cooperative Agreement to American Board of Family Medicine
September 30, 2020
ABFM awarded a 3-year cooperative agreement by the HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to measure the use and potential burdens experienced by office-based physicians.
American Board of Family Medicine: Improving Performance Improvement
September 28, 2020
The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is revising its Performance Improvement activities, as defined in its Strategic Plan 2019–2025.
Rita Hamad, MD, PhD, Selected as 2020 NAM Puffer/ABFM Fellow
September 22, 2020
Dr. Hamad serves as associate professor and as Director of Social Policies for the Health Equity Research (SPHERE) program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Philip R. Lee...
JABFM Releases Special 50th Anniversary Issue
September 16, 2020
The Special 50th Anniversary Issue not only coincides with the 50th anniversary of JABFM, with its major contributions to board certification, but also with ABFM’s new strategic plan including next directions during a time of great...
How ABFM Will Address Health Equity
September 16, 2020
In recognition of a fundamental need for change, ABFM has recently implemented a series of changes aimed at increasing equity at multiple levels and contributing to the elimination of health disparities