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AMA vision on health care reform

Download the vision statement PDF on the AMA's commitment to improving health insurance coverage and health care access.

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On regulatory requirements, physicians should say: “Show me”

Nearly 80% of time-wasting rules can be changed by health care administrators. AMA playbook offers advice on how to change things.

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Fighting for Physicians
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Reducing Regulatory Burden Playbook

The Reducing Regulatory Burden Playbook seeks to clarify often misunderstood and overinterpreted regulations and offers strategies to reduce administrative burdens.

AMA STEPS Forward®
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Why we must create a better health care system for women physicians

The pandemic has placed even greater burdens on women physicians. As we mark Women in Medicine Month, the AMA is committed to making positive changes.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Sept. 2, 2022: National Advocacy Update

International Overdose Awareness Day underscores urgent need for change and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Myth or fact? Verbal orders are prohibited in health care

Can a physician or licensed independent practitioner give spoken orders? Discover what the AMA found when looking at federal regulations.

Sustainability
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How do we measure quality of care? A conversation on EHRs and research

In this episode of Making the Rounds, A.J. Holmgren, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of medicine at UC San Francisco, discusses EHR quality measurement, quality of care and patient outcomes.

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Digital
Making the Rounds Podcast
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Are clinical support staff required to log out of EHR between documentation?

This regulatory myth examines if logging out of EHR between documentation and other clinical tasks is required—download a PDF of the myth.

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Debunking Regulatory Myths
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Are verbal orders prohibited?

Do the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission (TJC) prohibit verbal orders? Download the myth and find out the answer.

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Sustainability
Debunking Regulatory Myths