Healio June 2, 2021
In a new ABIM Foundation survey, 30% of physicians said their trust in the United States health care system and health care organization leadership has decreased over the past year.
Richard J. Baron, MD, president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already fragile relationship.
“It is not news that physicians are a little distrustful of health system leadership,” he said in an interview with Healio Primary Care. “But the gap between how much physicians trusted their colleagues who also faced stress during the pandemic and how much they trusted administration and leadership, that is meaningful.”
Of the 600 physicians who were surveyed, data showed that 94%...