Routine Screening Community of Practice: Workflows

Join the AMA Community of Practice for a discussion on incorporating algorithms and streamlining workflows to improve routine screening in your facility. 

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Senthil Kumar Rajasekaran, MD
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Consulting Dr. Google? Why you shouldn’t do it in medical school

When it comes to your medical training, are you able to determine where to access the best information and how to use it? These four tips can help.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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7 Min Read

How patients can start—and stick with—key lifestyle changes

Getting healthier is a common New Year’s resolution, and a great way to start is with a productive conversation in the physician’s office. Here’s how.

Prevention & Wellness
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Payer-backed care shopping plans shouldn’t coerce patients

Employer or insurer-offered financial incentive programs can be useful, but must be transparent. AMA lays out other principles to guide such programs.

Access to Care
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When you’re stumped by a diagnostic puzzler, here’s what to do

Lisa Sanders, MD, has written newspaper columns and books and stars in a new Netflix show about hard-to-diagnose cases. She offers her advice to doctors confronting stumpers.

Prevention & Wellness
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How burnout can hinder patient-physician communication

Learn more about the subtle ways that doctors’ ability to build relationships with patients can be affected by physician burnout. 

Physician Health
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5 Min Read

Simple tips to help physicians master the patient portal inbox

Technology has enabled patient-physician digital communication. Basic steps can be taken to ensure this is an asset and not a burden.

Digital
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Netflix series crowdsources clinical stumpers for diagnosis

The show’s star, Lisa Sanders, MD, offers her thoughts on how the show underscores the importance of physicians’ listening and communication skills.

Prevention & Wellness
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4 Min Read

Sept. 20, 2019: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about AMA's testimony for the appeals of Title X gag rule and involvement in a lawsuit that would force physicians to mislead patients.

Advocacy Update
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Title X gag rule: What’s on the line in upcoming oral arguments

The AMA will argue its case before a federal appeals court, defending doctors’ freedom of speech and the patient-physician relationship.

Judicial Advocacy