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July 31, 2020: State Advocacy Update

Providing individualized pain care during COVID-19 in West Virginia and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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4 ways to help patients with chronic disease make dietary changes

Many of the comorbid conditions associated with COVID-19 and its complications are diet related. This is how physicians can help.

Public Health
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How to boost vaccination rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Learn about AMA and CDC resources to help you ensure patients get inoculations to ease pressure on an already strained health care system

Public Health
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Taking action on opioid use disorder, pain & harm reduction during COVID-19

Policy recommendations focused on pain, opioid use disorder (OUD) and harm reduction to help states during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Overdose Epidemic
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5 barriers to launching a virtual diabetes prevention program

To reach patients with prediabetes during the pandemic, Marshfield Clinic Health System launched the National Diabetes Prevention Program in a distance learning format.

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Performing virtual independent medical evaluations amid COVID-19

COVID-19 necessitates reevaluation of impairment medical evaluations (IMEs) practices and procedures, in particular in regards to claims decisions and closure.

AMA Guides®
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Providing hypertension care to patients during the pandemic

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the treatment of patients with hypertension during the pandemic.

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AMA Update
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After COVID-19, $250 billion in care could shift to telehealth

A new report quantifies what it could mean if telehealth use continues post-pandemic, but cautions planning must start now to keep the momentum going.

Digital
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Teledermatology paved way for Permanente’s telehealth transformation

The Permanente Medical Group has used telehealth for more than 20 years, most significantly in dermatology. Discover how the system has adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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