Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] Trust is a central aspect of improving health care, and its importance in the health care arena is becoming increasingly recognized. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with renewed calls for racial justice, have highlighted the critical role that trust plays in our interactions in health care and beyond. To be effective, it is crucial that relationships between patients, clinicians, and health care organizations be grounded in trust, as trust impacts key health behaviors and outcomes, such as vaccine acceptance, treatment adherence, and patient satisfaction. However, we have seen and continue to see an erosion of trust as the national discourse around issues of health, policy, science, and information is becoming increasingly polarized. To address the critical and underlying importance of trust in health care, the ABIM Foundationand AcademyHealth are partnering to raise the visibility of trust issues within health care and further the evidence base on building trust. As part of this effort, AcademyHealth conducted a review of research on trust that was in progress or recently completed as of September 15, 2021, using the Health Services Research Projects in Progress (HSRProj) database. Funded by the National Library of Medicine, HSRProj has been a joint effort for many years between AcademyHealth and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. HSRProj contains more than 38,000 archived, recently completed, and ongoing projects funded by more than 370 government agencies and philanthropic foundations. [To read more, click View Resource.]
This resource is found in our Actionable Strategies for Professional Associations: Spotlights: Professional Associations Relational Strategies (Empowering Worker & Learner Voice).
