Winning their trust

The ranks of the U.S. medical profession will soon grow by 16,000 physicians, as the class of 2011 graduates from medical schools throughout the country. These new physicians will go on to receive graduate medical training that is superb by global standards. Once in practice, they will be encouraged...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 364; no. 24; p. e51
Main Author Parekh, Anand K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 16.06.2011
Subjects
Accountable care organizations
Behavior
Chronic illnesses
Disease prevention
Empathy
Health Behavior
Humans
Patient Compliance
Patients
Physician's Role
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians
Quality
Trust
United States
United States
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Summary:The ranks of the U.S. medical profession will soon grow by 16,000 physicians, as the class of 2011 graduates from medical schools throughout the country. These new physicians will go on to receive graduate medical training that is superb by global standards. Once in practice, they will be encouraged to uphold high quality standards through licensing and certification, activities of specialty societies, and participation in a growing array of incentive programs (e.g., quality-measure reporting, meaningful use of information technology, and care models fostering enhanced communication and coordination of care). All this emphasis on the quality of care aims to maximize . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp1105645