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In Full Health initiative to advance equitable health innovation

The In Full Health initiative to advance equitable health innovation works to invest in and improve the health of historically marginalized communities.

AMA Center for Health Equity
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4 MIN READ

Doctors see inequity daily. Fellowship helps them dig deeper.

Advance medical justice with like-minded physicians in this pathbreaking fellowship, which pays a stipend. Learn more from two doctors doing it now.

AMA Center for Health Equity
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Resident physicians honored for work on telehealth, cancer care

Resident physicians also earned accolades for their work to address patients’ food insecurity. Learn about these teams’ innovative projects.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Return on Health telehealth case study: Complex care coordination

Cityblock Health–Complex care coordination case study, based on AMA's Return on Health framework.

Digital
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4 MIN READ

Insurer accountability on mental health parity is long overdue

Report finds “egregious violations” of federal law, worsening nation’s mental health and drug-overdose crises. Learn more with the AMA.

Access to Care
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10 MIN READ

What doctors wish patients knew about skin cancer risk and prevention

Understanding your risk is an important tool in skin cancer prevention. Two dermatologists share more about discerning risk and steps for prevention.

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Public Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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4 MIN READ

How legacy of medical racism shapes U.S. health care today

Many physicians know their profession needs to make amends with victims of its historical abuses. Experts weigh in on how this should happen.

Health Equity
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3 MIN READ

What drives Black maternal health inequities in the U.S.

Too often, Black mothers feel unheard by physicians and are mistreated by the American health system. Learn more with the AMA.

Population Care
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COVID-19  health equity resources 

The AMA is compiling critical health equity resources to focus on the structural issues that contribute to and could exacerbate already existing inequities, during the COVID-19 pandemic.   

Health Equity