Pay-for-Performance and Accountability

  1. Christine K. Cassel, MD
  1. From the American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is pleased that the Kimball lecture given at the 2005 ABIM Foundation Forum was published. It is an annual lecture (1) in honor of Harry Kimball (not “Harvey,” as originally stated in the article), the Chief Executive Officer of ABIM and ABIM Foundation from 1990 to 2003.

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    1. Ann Intern Med June 5, 2007 vol. 146 no. 11 822-823
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