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In EHR age, 5 proven tips to enhance patient-physician connection

Mismatch of time and expectations is associated with physician burnout, but improving the patient-physician relationship can help. Find out how.

Physician-Patient Relationship
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How Henry Ford shows the way on tackling patients’ social needs

The Henry Ford Health System has found innovative ways to address the social determinants that drive Detroiters’ poor health outcomes.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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How physicians can better care for Native American patients

Learn more about the ethical, social and cultural complexities of delivering care to Native patients living on sovereign tribal land and elsewhere in the U.S.

Ethics
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AMA, FDA launch CME on newly updated nutrition facts label

The course offers easy and practical strategies to help patients use the newly updated label to make healthy food choices

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What kind of person should the physician be?

Crisis calls for revisiting medicine’s foundations. Learn from a pioneer of American bioethics about a virtue-based approach to conceiving the doctor’s identity.

Ethics
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Ask physicians which daily tasks fall into “stupid stuff” pile

For physician practices and health systems looking to cut time-wasting tasks, here’s how to engage doctors and other health professionals in the process.

Sustainability
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8 ways to cut medical student burnout

What steps can medical schools take to promote well-being? An AMA education module answers that question.

Medical Student Health
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Undocumented immigrants detained during COVID-19: How to help

Thousands of undocumented immigrants held in U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody have tested positive for COVID-19. Learn with the AMA how to advocate for detainees.

Population Care
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COVID-19 misinformation: What physicians can do to stop it

Fibs about the pandemic are almost as transmissible as the disease itself. Learn with the AMA what to say in the exam room and online to slow their spread.

Physician-Patient Relationship