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Building patient trust to support medication adherence

Learn with the AMA how to create connections with patients to support medication adherence.

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Physician-Patient Relationship
Moving Medicine Podcast
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4 MIN READ

What legal challenges will affect patients and physicians in 2020?

From keeping the government out of exam rooms to keeping patients insured, see the legal trends the AMA and the AMA Litigation Center have identified.

Judicial Advocacy
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4 MIN READ

Patient movements could help doctors rediscover medicine’s joy

Learn how movements to create a more caring health system and opening visit notes to patients could effect dramatic changes.

Physician-Patient Relationship
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9 MIN READ

Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

That’s one practice tip from a physician expert who explains why there needs to be a greater emphasis on geriatrics in medical training.

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Population Care
Moving Medicine Podcast
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8 MIN READ

How previsit labs lead to richer patient-physician conversations

Learn more from the AMA on how to get the most out of previsit laboratory testing.

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Sustainability
Moving Medicine Podcast
Senthil Kumar Rajasekaran, MD
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3 MIN READ

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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8 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.

Public Health
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Dec. 20, 2019: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn about the AMA's role in the five big medical court cases that made a difference in 2019 and in a Medicaid fraud case.

Advocacy Update
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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.

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