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Pregnant woman being attended to by midwife.
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Bill allows independent practice for certified nurse-midwives

Patients want and deserve vital physician leadership of care teams.

Scope of Practice
Five residents gathered around conversing.
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San Francisco clinic’s daily huddles make efficiency a team sport

Team huddles can enhance productivity and morale. Learn how a primary care clinic tweaked their huddles to make them essential to everybody’s day.

Scope of Practice
Two men sit on a bench and speak with a physician.
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To find fixes, Virginia health system asks, “What’s working?”

Focusing on the positive boosts resilience and collaboration. How an academic health system used the approach to improve care transitions.

Scope of Practice
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Barriers to colonoscopy screenings tackled in physician-led APM

Advanced APMs developed by physicians for use in the QPP look to coordinate care and ease barriers to services for patients.

Scope of Practice
Four people gather around a computer for teamwork.
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What airplane deicing has to do with teamwork in health care

The teamwork approach exemplified by “high-reliability” industries, such as aviation, is now being integrated into medical education.

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AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD
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As physicians, we must speak up for our patients

Speaking to physicians in Washington, D.C., AMA President Andrew W. Gurman expressed the role of physicians in the thick of the national health reform debate.

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Steps Forward Meeting Graphic Image
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Make the most out of meetings to improve practice teamwork

A group of internal medicine practices in Boston explains how it has used team meetings to solve workflow problems and build camaraderie.

Scope of Practice
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Jan. 26, 2017: National Advocacy Update

ACA executive order, HIPAA disclosures of PHI and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Jan. 26, 2017: State Advocacy Update

Four states introduce legislation for Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, Louisiana and Utah sign standing orders for naloxone and more in AMA's latest state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update