HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit

The AMA’s toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

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Top health tips your internist wants you to know

Internists help patients navigate many of the most common and consequential health issues. This is the guidance they most want to get across.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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“Medspeak” can shut down effective communication with patients

Physician efforts to deliver the right care at the right time can be foiled by using the wrong words. Get expert advice to improve communication.

AMA STEPS Forward®
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Who should notify patients when cyberattacks breach their data?

The AMA supports a proposed new cyber incident reporting rule, but emphasizes that health insurance companies must be subject to the same regulation.

Digital
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Health system applies renowned “production system” to inequities

Honing the famed Toyota Production System to improve quality is integral at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Now the focus expands to health equity.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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In Pacific Northwest, climate change is a health equity concern

Smoke from the annual late summer wildfires in Washington brings a surge of pediatric asthma patients to Confluence Health emergency departments.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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How maternal care access varies by where moms live

Facility closures, inadequate care have negatively affected maternal and infant health on Chicago’s South and West sides.

Population Health
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9 principles to guide physician competence assessment at all ages

Physicians are a precious resource. AMA policy aims to ensure that any competence assessments are transparent and evidence-based, but not ageist.

Health Equity
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10 Min Read

What doctors wish patients knew about preeclampsia

Preeclampsia can present with no symptoms, but high BP is a hallmark. Two ob-gyns shed light on preeclampsia and what to keep in mind.

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Population Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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AMA vision on health care reform

Download the vision statement PDF on the AMA's commitment to improving health insurance coverage and health care access.

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