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Women in Medicine advocates
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6 MIN READ

12 women using their platforms to advocate for physicians, patients

Learn more about a dynamic dozen of AMA members moving medicine on issues such as medical and media literacy, human trafficking and pediatric diseases.

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Leadership
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

What real innovation in medicine looks like

AMA members earn recognition for breakthrough innovations that improve patient outcomes and the quality of care.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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15 MIN READ

Looking upstream for answers to burnout

Ochsner Health System’s first chief wellness officer is focusing the organization’s efforts on minimizing the source of stressors and giving time back to physicians.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
Nigel Girgrah, MD
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4 MIN READ

Members Move Medicine: A compassionate agent of change

AMA member and transplant hepatologist Nigel Girgrah, MD, works at the Ochsner Health System to reduce physician burnout and improve well-being.

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Leadership
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

Get ready for AI in health care: Here is the outlook

Enthusiasm for augmented intelligence is tempered by memories of the EHR rollout, which has created an urgency to “do it right, from the start.”

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
Photo of Nurayana Murali, MD, and Kori Krueger, MD
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9 MIN READ

In rural Midwest, a telehealth community thrives

Serving more than a million Wisconsin residents, Marshfield Clinic Health System has seamlessly expanded the boundaries of telemedicine for more than twenty years.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
Two adults teaching a community nutrition class
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3 MIN READ

How to make the organizational case for a diabetes prevention program

To provide a lifestyle-change program for people with prediabetes, leaders presented supporting data to key organizational stakeholders. This is how numbers helped.

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Diabetes
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

Fix the "pebble in the shoe" problems to cut physician burnout

To improve physician satisfaction, this health system asked doctors to share frustrations that could be addressed quickly. Here is what happened.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

4 health care organizations doing digital health right

These health systems have demonstrated how technology-enhanced communications can improve patient experience and “reduce the friction of obtaining care.”

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Digital
Health System Spotlight