Abim Foundation

The ABIM Foundation advances medical professionalism and physician leadership in quality assessment and improvement. Its work focuses on four main activities: exploring what it means for physicians to be professionals in the 21st century; stimulating physicians to become involved in quality assessment and improvement; bringing diverse groups of leaders together to enable dialogue and consensus; and promoting research of quality evaluation and improvement.

Established in 1999 by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) as a not-for-profit operating foundation, the ABIM Foundation serves as an important complement to ABIM. ABIM's mission is to enhance quality through certification. The ABIM Foundation permits exploration of the broader set of issues that are central to the common mission of ABIM and the ABIM Foundation: to enhance quality of care.

The ABIM Foundation’s work is led by a Board of 12 Trustees. They include national leaders in quality assessment and improvement and medical education, as well as consumer advocates, policymakers, purchasers and physician leaders.

Articles

Brennan, TA, et al. “Health Industry Practices that Create Conflicts of Interest: A Proposal for Academic Medical Centers.” Journal of the American Medical Association. (2006) 295: 429-433.

Lipner RS, Byslma WH, Arnold GK, Fortna GS, Tooker J, Cassel CK. “Who is Maintaining Certification in Internal Medicine – and Why? A National Survey 10 Years After Initial Certification.” Annals of Internal Medicine. (2006) 144: 29-36.

Sennett C and Wolfson DB. “Lifelong Learning Essential to High-Quality Patient Care: Certification for Quality Improvement in Internal Medicine.” Group Practice Journal. (March 2007) 56(3): ????.

Sennett C and Wolfson DB. “ABIM Foundation Perspective: Professional Momentum Is Building for Performance Measure.” Quality Matters. (Nov 17, 2005) 3.

Veloski JJ, Boex JR, Grasberger MJ, Evans A, Wolfson DB. “Systematic review of the literature on assessment, feedback and physicians’ clinical performance*:BEME Guide No. 7.” Medical Teacher. (2006) 28(2): 117-128.

Veloski JJ, Fields SK, Boex JR, Blank LL. “Measuring Professionalism: A Review of Studies with Instruments Reported in the Literature between 1982-2002.” Academic Medicine. (2005) 80(4): 366-370.

External links

ABIM Foundation

American Board of Internal Medicine