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Tying HCAHPS to safety-net payment yields unsatisfactory results

The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems and other quality assessments should account for social-risk factors.

Health Equity
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Policy furthers AMA's efforts to create medical school of the future

AMA adopted policy aimed to help train future physicians on lifestyle medicine, social determinants of health, and influences of sex, gender on clinical care.

Press Releases
Gavel resting next to immigration law book.
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Confusion remains on travel ban’s scope, implementation

Restrictions on international physicians entering the United States are limited, but the vague language of the travel ban remains concerning.

Health Equity
Physician studying the color of a woman's skin.
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In dermatology, health disparities can be skin deep

Some cutaneous diseases happen more frequently in patients of color. They also present differently than in white patients or are misunderstood.

Health Equity
Ear scope and hearing aid resting on medical chart.
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Listen up: Delivering free hearing tests, devices is doable

Few clinics provide free specialized medical services to the poor, but putting the right infrastructure in place could change that.

Health Equity
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How med student loan burdens can deepen health disparities

Six-figure student-loan burdens can discourage underrepresented minorities and lower-income students, who are likelier to work in underserved areas.

Medical School Diversity
Nicole Paprocki and Carol Platt, second-year medical students.
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To address health disparities, med students connect with kids

“Mini med school” projects inspire disadvantaged youth to consider health careers and help medical students get to know underserved communities.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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3 ways to mitigate implicit bias in the exam room

Being aware of bias toward certain patient factors can help physicians make the exam room a more comfortable, care-oriented space.

Health Equity
Madara addresses executive order to Homeland Security.
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Travel ban threatens care access; AMA urges clarity

Temporary travel ban shouldn’t impede timely care or prevent physicians or IMGs with visas from coming to the U.S. for professional reasons, AMA says.

International Med Ed