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7 MIN READ

These women physicians are tackling issues to improve patient care

Women doctors from innovative health systems across the U.S. are working to transform health care and advance equity in medicine.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight

Help Move Medicine

Medicine doesn’t stand still, and neither do we. AMA members don’t just keep up with medicine—they shape its future.

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Kendall Barton, MD
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7 MIN READ

This family physician has a passion for community-centered care

Kendall Barton, MD, shares how the Bayhealth residency program helped him connect with the community and find a passion for small town medicine. 

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Residency Life
Health System Spotlight
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5 MIN READ

Why is home health care growing? No one wants to be in a hospital

Ochsner Health is using new tech and aligning stakeholders to deliver care in the setting that patients prefer—their own homes.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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5 MIN READ

Physicians’ time off shouldn’t mean returning to an endless inbox

Baptist Health virtual work guru Reggie Lyell, MD, leads an effort to help doctors returning to work focus on patients instead of clicks.  

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Digital
Health System Spotlight

AMA Medical Group Spotlight

Groups moving medicine to support patient health and the medical profession. Interested in being featured?

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5 MIN READ

This rural emergency doctor has another title: health system CEO

Marshfield Clinic Health System Interim CEO Brian Hoerneman, MD, knows rural health’s challenges firsthand and says a new merger could help patients.

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Population Care
Health System Spotlight
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6 MIN READ

Chipping away at messages helps reduce “pajama time”

Confluence Health has found a way to reduce the inbox overload for physicians, cutting EHR time by about 34 minutes per eight-hour clinic day.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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8 MIN READ

Devices offer more surgical options for tricuspid valve disease

Only about 5% of patients with severe tricuspid valve regurgitation get surgical correction. Henry Ford Health offers two minimally invasive options. 

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Hypertension
Health System Spotlight
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6 MIN READ

These health systems are taking steps to address health equity

AMA Health System Program members are addressing social drivers of health to better serve patients who continue to face inequities in health care.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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6 MIN READ

Geisinger uses AI to boost its value-based care efforts

Technology’s value grows over time with efficiency, productivity, lower costs and better patient outcomes, says Geisinger’s Narayana Murali, MD.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight