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4 MIN READ

Rise to Health Coalition drives health equity efforts with common vision

A new collaboration in health care—the Rise to Health Coalition—offers health systems our best chance yet to achieve equitable, inclusive patient care.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
Saint Peter’s health professionals
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5 MIN READ

How Saint Peter’s is solving patients’ food insecurity concerns

Screening for social determinants of health at New Jersey health system uncovers patient concerns about accessing nutritious foods. Learn more.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

4 keys to preventing infections among patients on dialysis

Dialysis centers pose risk of infections. Learn with the AMA how nephrologists, nurses and staff can improve safety in four pivotal areas.

Public Health
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5 MIN READ

Certainty on pay is key to addressing inequities in telehealth

Discover what North Carolina Medicaid’s chief medical officer is seeing and doing to close the telehealth equity gap and remove payment barriers.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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7 MIN READ

Q&A: Innovating in maternal health to address 3 key factors

“Layers of protection” are needed for new moms, says ob-gyn Ericka C. Gibson, MD, MPH. Learn about her work at The Southeast Permanente Medical Group.

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Public Health
Health System Spotlight
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3 MIN READ

Millions of Medicare patients kept telehealth habit post-vaccines

About one-third of those on Medicare because of a disability accessed care through telehealth. Learn how the AMA is supporting telehealth.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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4 MIN READ

What to expect in telehealth in 2023? Here are 5 predictions

Telemedicine use is likely to see another upswing, say experts. Learn what else they are forecasting for this year.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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3 MIN READ

The 10 most-read medical ethics articles in 2022

The most popular articles published this year in the AMA Journal of Ethics covered the medical-dental divide, health equity and more.

Ethics
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9 MIN READ

Q&A: This Latina ob-gyn helps other physicians know their worth

Claudia López, MD, wants physicians from historically excluded racial and ethnic groups to be properly valued in training and within health care.

Health Equity