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9 MIN READ

Q&A: Communications effort yields better, faster patient visits

Check what the patient already knows. Show empathy. It can make for more efficient visits. That’s what University of Iowa Health has experienced.

Physician-Patient Relationship
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35 MIN READ

Prioritizing Equity video series: Advancing Equity Through Quality & Safety Peer Network

Participants from the Peer Network for Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety program share their strategies for operationalizing equity into their quality and safety operations.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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8 MIN READ

What doctors wish patients knew about COVID-19 vaccine boosters

Patients have more questions than answers about bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters. One physician clears the air.

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Public Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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5 MIN READ

Focus on social needs helps heart patients avoid readmissions

Delaware’s Bayhealth system partners with community to address social determinants of health and sees dramatic drop in heart-failure readmissions.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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7 MIN READ

Why the end could be near for prior-authorization faxes

Payer prior-authorization processes delay care and amplify patient anxiety and physician frustration. Atlantic Health’s automated system may fix that.

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Prior Authorization
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

What this physician leader has learned about the power of “No”

Henry Ford Health’s Betty Chu, MD, asserts the power of “no” so she can say “yes” to what matters for patients and in her personal life. Learn more.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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5 MIN READ

Physician CEO uncovers the value of doctor-led health care teams

Hattiesburg Clinic’s review of its cost-and-quality data became a focal point in national scope of practice debates over physician-led team-based care.

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Scope of Practice
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

For Oregon doctors, climate change’s health impact is self-evident

Heat killed hundreds last year in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more from a top MD at Kaiser Permanente Northwest about the climate change health crisis.

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Public Health
Health System Spotlight
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13 MIN READ

Creating work-life balance as a physician leader with Betty Chu, MD, MBA [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about creating work-life balance as a physician leader.

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Women Physicians
AMA Update Podcast