Routine Screening Community of Practice: Workflows

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Routine Screening Toolkit Community of Practice Workflows
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How to talk with your patients about nutrition

Diet plays a big role in achieving BP control, but many physicians report not having the nutrition knowledge they need to help guide their patients.

Prevention & Wellness
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To understand patient health priorities, ask: "What matters to you?"

Health coaches can help patients make strides with conditions such as hypertension or type 2 diabetes. Here is how asking, “What matters to you?” will help improve patient care.

AMA STEPS Forward®
#Best of 2017 Reinventing Communication
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Improve communication, save time in practice with these methods

Better communication can help physicians, clinics and hospitals improve patient care while making practice less stressful and more efficient.

Prevention & Wellness
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6 steps to improve patients’ experience in your organization

Team engagement and a culture of empathy are keys to creating a successful patient-experience program.

AMA STEPS Forward®
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Aug. 10, 2017: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about AMA's support in rulings for informed consent law and expert-witness testimony.

Advocacy Update
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Informed-consent ruling may have “far-reaching, negative impact”

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that physicians cannot delegate their informed-consent process to qualified staff.

Judicial Advocacy
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To improve patient outcomes, try transparency with visit notes

Easy access to visit notes can improve patient-physician relationships, but practices struggle with finding ways to increase transparency.

AMA STEPS Forward®
Emily Aaronson, MD
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Better communication with patients linked to less burnout

Taking time to hear patients out can improve care, patient experience and physician satisfaction.  

Physician Health
Deanna Attai, MD
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Web-savvy patients shape physicians’ digital do’s and don’ts

With patients Googling and Yelping their physicians, doctors need to remain social, be present online and manage their online reputations.

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