Routine Screening Community of Practice: Workflows

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Routine Screening Toolkit Community of Practice Workflows
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Doctors battle state law that forces them to mislead patients

Two North Dakota legal provisions turn physicians into mouthpieces for politically motivated messages that could harm patients. The AMA is suing to overturn them.

Judicial Advocacy
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Many ICU talks with family fall short on shared decision-making

26% of physician conversations lack deliberation about the patients’ values, preferences. A physician expert recommends ways to improve.

Ethics
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Patients love open EHR notes. How to put them into practice

New research adds to evidence that using OpenNotes builds trust and engages patients. The AMA has guidance on how to implement the information-sharing tool.

AMA STEPS Forward®
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Ruling on Kentucky law undermines patient-physician relationship

U.S. appellate court upholds Kentucky law requiring women to view ultrasound before abortion, contradicts earlier ruling on North Carolina’s similar law.

Judicial Advocacy
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4 skills from psychiatry that can improve end-of-life care

Helping patients express their values, concerns and preferences is vital in palliative care. Incorporating elements of psychiatric training can help.

Ethics
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In chronic disease fight, help comes from new care team member

The community health worker’s role extends beyond the clinic to educate patients with prediabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions.

Prevention & Wellness
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Talking about death: Now that it pays, how to do it well

Advance care planning used to be unbillable, but Medicare now treats it like other services. Here are tips for talking about it with patients.

Ethics
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Most of your patients still aren’t using the portal. Here’s why.

Some patients worry about privacy, many don’t see the upside, and nearly half say they’ve never even been invited to use a patient portal.

Digital
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Your biggest medical school lessons may come from patients

One program is allowing patient experiences to help shape its curriculum—and the next generation of physicians.

ChangeMedEd Initiative