MedPage Today May 25, 2022
— “We have an interest in being sure that our credential means something,” says ABIM president
In this exclusive video, Richard J. Baron, MD, president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the ABIM Foundation, discusses the current problem of medical misinformation and proposes ways organizations can hold doctors who spread misinformation accountable.
The following is a transcript of his remarks:
I think we’re in a really challenging time dealing with the problem of misinformation as a society overall. In healthcare, that kind of misinformation can lead to lethal outcomes, to the point where if patients believe things that aren’t true, they can forgo treatments that might save their lives, they...