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Nov. 29, 2018: National Advocacy Update

CMS on beneficiaries' social determinants of health and revised FDA compounding guidance in AMA's national advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Tying HCAHPS to safety-net payment yields unsatisfactory results

The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems and other quality assessments should account for social-risk factors.

Health Equity
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Policy furthers AMA's efforts to create medical school of the future

AMA adopted policy aimed to help train future physicians on lifestyle medicine, social determinants of health, and influences of sex, gender on clinical care.

Press Releases
Physician treats young patient in makeshift clinic.
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Going beyond clinic’s 4 walls to address health’s social roots

Addressing health’s social determinants means confronting the reality that a patient’s health is not treated exclusively within an office setting.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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How racism, segregation drive health disparities

A public health researcher who found ways to measure racism says it helps account for persistent black-white gaps in life expectancy and care access.

Health Equity
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Rethinking how race contributes to a patient’s health

Race is a demographic factor that may influence a patient’s health, but understanding how race influences health is evolving. One medical school is helping future physicians think about race in the exam room.

Health Equity
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Working upstream to achieve the quadruple aim

Better health care, lower medical costs and more satisfied patients require physicians to consider upstream socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions. Fourth goal is physician satisfaction.

Health Equity
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Death by ZIP code: Investigating the root causes of health inequity

How do socioeconomic and environmental factors play a role in health inequity? One physician looked at cause of death, age, race, ethnicity and where a person lived to reveal patterns of death in a community over time.

Health Equity
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Ways a Chicago health network is improving community health

What happens when communities face huge barriers to wellness? CEO of ACCESS Community Health Network in Illinois shares how they address both the health needs of patients as well as the social determinants that affect outcomes.

Health Equity