AMA STEPS Forward®: Patient-centered care

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Effectively communicating with your patients is imperative to increasing patient satisfaction and health outcomes. The AMA STEPS Forward® program offers proven approaches to improve patient communication, uncover risk factors contributing to poor health, collaborate with colleagues in other specialties and enhance transitions of care.

Patient-centered care

Build welcoming patient environments, collaborative care team models and systems for improved patient communication.

About AMA STEPS Forward

AMA STEPS Forward offers real-world solutions to common challenges in health care today. Explore a variety of innovative, physician-developed resources designed to help prevent physician burnout, optimize workflows, improve well-being and enhance patient care. Learn more.

The Orsini Way communication training

Equip healthcare teams with the skills to connect authentically, speak with compassion and lead with empathy.

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