Topic in Focus: Telehealth Adoption

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AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy 2024 past events

Learn more about the 2024 events and webinars offered by the AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy.

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Gain essential knowledge on the ever-changing space of digital health technology. Earn CME while learning at your own pace.

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Does a doctor’s telemedicine video background matter to patients?

Physicians’ training and communication skills are important to patients. New research explores patient views on their doctors’ Zoom backgrounds.

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Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of Council on Medical Service reports and issue briefs.

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Delivery reform: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that advocate policies on emerging delivery systems that protect and foster the patient/physician relationship. Key Council reports on this topic have addressed patient-centered medical homes, precision medicine, APMs, telemedicine, and retail and store-based health clinics.

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Consumer-driven health care: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of key council reports that advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their health care by addressing high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.

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Health insurance: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health insurer actions that interfere with the patient/physician relationship and impact the practice of medicine. Such topics include prior authorization, covered benefits, and affordability of health insurance.

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Private practice resources

AMA creates tools and resources so physicians can focus on their patients and keep their practices open. 

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Digital health playbooks

Access key steps, best practices and resources for the adoption and scale of digital health solutions.

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Behavioral health integration in physician practices

AMA continues to provide physician practices with tools and practical solutions to integrate medical and behavioral health services into one. Learn more.

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Highlights from the 2024 AMA Annual Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments as the House of Delegates bolsters the AMA's work on Medicare pay, scope creep, prior authorization and more. 

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