Four opinions from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics' on physician responsibility under various models of payment of care.

Measuring outcomes alone is not the answer. There should be a way to reward the doctor for educating a patient about lifestyle modifications and then documenting that the care provided followed patient preferences.

The picture that emerges from study of physician economic behavior is mixed, but from the intensity of responses by some professional societies to Medicare's coding modifier proposal, it appears that economic incentives matter a lot to many of their members.

At Geisinger Health System, the experience has been that good care can lead to lower costs, but replicating its success might be difficult given its unique history and demographic situation.

Faced with the bureaucratic and ethical challenges of contemporary medicine, some doctors second-guess their career choices.

Similar key outcomes in patients from hospitals where financial incentives were offered and patients from hospitals where financial incentives were not offered suggest that financial incentives may not be the answer to improving quality of care.

It is human nature to be motivated by rewards—financial and otherwise—and health care reform raises questions about what sorts of rewards motivate physicians effectively.

When health professionals work collaboratively, scope of practice becomes more about defining roles and responsibilities among team members than about maintaining separate territories.

In the SELECT program at University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, students acquire all the general competencies and also receive training in leadership development, patient-centered care, health systems, teamwork, and care quality and safety.

The role of nurse practitioners in patient care can be expanded without sacrificing quality or safety.