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What’s needed to make nudges work in health care

“Nudges”—subtle changes to clinical design and use of information—can transform behaviors. Learn how to choose and implement them.

Sustainability
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7 essentials to getting mHealth data into flow of patient care

Learn what mHealth developers should do so that physicians and their patients can use glitch-free apps and share information in a meaningful way.

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5 keys for safely sharing ethics consultation notes in the EHR

Learn with the AMA how to develop best practices to minimize harms to vulnerable patients and guide decisions about which notes to include.

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5 steps physicians can take to get rid of “stupid stuff”

Needless tasks have exacted a toll on doctors’ daily workload. Learn more with the AMA about how to slash administrative burdens.

Physician Health
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How to celebrate progress on cutting doctors’ clerical burdens

Physicians and others are more willing to point out sources of practice inefficiency when they see proof that change is possible. Learn more with the AMA.

Sustainability
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With 2 new patients a day, medical scribes are profitable in one year

For all medical specialties using scribes, study finds greater productivity that allowed physicians to see more patients and offset the scribe program’s costs.

Sustainability
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Will commercial payers, EHR vendors adopt revised E/M office-visit codes?

Revised CPT codes and evaluation and management service guidelines are not just for clinicians. Those in the business of health care need to be ready.

CPT®
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The power of clinical informatics: A primer for medical students

Learn what comprises clinical informatics and how using certain techniques can improve how physicians and other health care workers deliver care.

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Patient Access Playbook: Legal requirements

Download the playbook PDF to learn how federal medical privacy law, commonly known as HIPAA, provides a patient the right to obtain an electronic copy of their medical record in the patient’s preferred form and format.

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