Many Physicians Failing Social Media 101
March 28, 2012 | Story
State medical boards report an increase in reports of doctors behaving badly online. A grantee works to identify problems and develop Internet guidelines for medical professionals.
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A New Generation of Physicians Redefines Clinical Practice
March 20, 2012 | Story
The strong health care employment outlook is great for physicians, but new ideas about lifestyle, financial pressures, and shifting health policies are forcing doctors to get creative about how they do their jobs.
RWJF Program Provided Career Development, Research Support for Junior Medical School Faculty
January 25, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
As the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Physician Faculty Scholars program comes to a close this year, RWJF has released a powerful new publication that tells the story of how the initiative filled a critical gap in physician career development ...
In Their Own Words: RWJF Clinical Scholars
January 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholars program has released a new video that features scholars discussing their experiences in the program. Watch the video below or find it in our “Featured Videos” section at the bottom of the r ...
Rapidly Evolving Physician-Payment Policy
December 8, 2010 | Journal Article
Physician payment reform holds the potential to improve quality of care while controlling costs.
Communicating with Physicians about Performance Measurement
December 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Report identifies messages that were most likely to engage physicians to consider becoming early adopters of—and advocates for—performance measurement and public reporting.
Physician Views on the Public Health Insurance Option and Medicare Expansions
September 1, 2009 | Report
This survey, which was published by the New England Journal of Medicine, shows 'striking' consistency of physician support, across every locale and demographic, for reform proposals that include both private and public insurance options.
What Did Physicians Think about Health Reform in 2009?
May 3, 2011 | Program Result
Mt. Sinai researchers designed a survey asking physicians which of three options for expanding health insurance coverage they would most strongly support: private options only, public option only or a combination of public and private options.
The Continued Social Transformation of the Medical Profession
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article, from a supplement to the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, assesses the state of the medical profession. The authors emphasize the tension between a physician's self-interest and care of the patient in an increasingly commercialized health system.
The Effect of Different Attribution Rules on Individual Physician Cost Profiles
May 18, 2010 | Journal Article
When a patient sees multiple doctors, health plan and government analysts use different rules to assign primary responsibility to a single physician. This article presents a study that examined how those rules affect a physician's cost profile (e.g., high cost or low cost).