Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS; J. Daniel Gifford, MD; Arthur S. Hengerer, MD
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1791-1792. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4017
This Viewpoint discusses the changing roles of state medical boards from inception and their importance to physicians and society.
James L. Madara, MD; Jon Burkhart
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1793-1794. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4045
This Viewpoint discusses structuring practice environments with incentives and motivators of professionalism to help physicians accomplish the Triple Aim of better health, better health care, and lower cost.
Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH; David W. Baker, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 2015;313(18):1795-1796. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.3818
This Viewpoint discusses the potential enhancements to medical professionalism made possible through effective work with accrediting and certifying organizations.
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Enhancing Professionalism Beyond Accreditation and Certification
Darrell G. Kirch, MD; Maryellen E. Gusic, MD; Cori Ast, MHSA
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1797-1798. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4019
This Viewpoint discusses use of a shared governance model for undergraduate medical education as a framework for ongoing professional development of physicians.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1799-1800. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4336
This Viewpoint by Ezekiel J. Emanuel discusses how becoming better managers will make physicians better medical professionals.
Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1801-1802. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.3738
In this Viewpoint, Nasca discusses the responsibility of the medical profession to ensure accountability in graduate medical education (GME).
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1803-1804. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4048
This Viewpoint considers the need for medical education to refocus training from physician self-focus to shared responsibility in the delivery of care that may expand beyond the traditional parameters of oversight by specialty.
Lois Margaret Nora, MD, JD, MBA; Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH; Thomas Granatir
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1805-1806. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4025
This Viewpoint describes the role of board certification in collective professional self-regulation, current challenges, and future directions.
Richard J. Baron, MD
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1807-1808. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4060
This Viewpoint discusses recent controversy involving the American Board of Internal Medicine鈥檚 Maintenance of Certification program and their plans for the future.
Paul S. Teirstein, MD; Eric J. Topol, MD
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1809-1810. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.3576
This Viewpoint discusses the maintenance of certification for physicians and the obligations involved, which are mainly unrelated to direct patient care, teaching, or research.
Robert S. Huckman, PhD; Ananth Raman, PhD, MBA
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1811-1812. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4619
This Viewpoint describes how the continuous process improvement strategies of manufacturing industries can help physicians drive efforts to improve quality and enhance innovation.
Steven E. Nissen, MD
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1813-1814. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4138
This Viewpoint describes problems with the continuing medical education delivery system and outlines actions that can lead to critically needed reform.
Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1815-1816. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4062
This Viewpoint describes the current fragmentation of quality and value metrics and the importance of relating quality measurement to patient outcomes and the costs of delivering care.
Francis J. Crosson, MD
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1817-1818. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.3742
This Viewpoint discusses the 4 key elements鈥攃linical governance, management capabilities, clinical performance information transparency, and appropriateness of of financial incentives鈥攐f large group practice models to preserve successful physician self-regulation in the employment setting.
Joshua D. Margolis, PhD, MA
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1819-1820. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4398
This Viewpoint proposes that expanding fiduciary duty to leaders of health-related businesses can help leaders meet the challenges of caring for not only the corporation and shareholders but also the patients and medical professionals.
Victor R. Fuchs, PhD; Mark R. Cullen, MD
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1821-1822. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.2915
This Viewpoint discusses challenges faced by US physicians as a result of major changes in medical practice.
Harvey Marcovitch, FRCP, FRCPCH
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1823-1824. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.3187
This Viewpoint discusses challenges that the United Kingdom has faced regarding the regulation of physicians in the wake of serious failures in health care.
C. David Naylor, MD, DPhil; Rocco Gerace, MD; Donald A. Redelmeier, MD, MSc
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1825-1826. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.3705
This Viewpoint discusses use of medical self-regulation in Canada as a means of ensuring physician competence and professionalism.
Noam N. Levey
JAMA. 2015;313(18):1827-1828. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.4172