Topic in Focus: Telehealth Adoption

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How physicians can improve their telehealth technique

Learn with the AMA what it takes to make virtual medical visits as good as the in-person variety.

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Apr 7, 2021 ·
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Kevin Hopkins, MD, on challenges to team-based care: COVID-19 & beyond

Explore the challenges to team-based care presented by the rapid pivot to telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic–and outline other, more common setbacks affecting team-based care.

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Why audio-only telehealth visits must continue

Phone visits have been a lifeline for vulnerable patients amid COVID-19 and payment for them should be maintained after the pandemic’s over.

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Texas FQHC develops integrative model to help patients with pain

Austin clinic developed a comprehensive, integrative pain-management program to support patients’ comprehensive needs.

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How telehealth is changing neurology clerkship at Johns Hopkins

Learn with the AMA how a course that grew out of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic is influencing med ed and patient care in the long term.

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What doctors wish patients knew about physical distancing in schools

In this episode of AMA Moving Medicine, expert physicians discuss what they wish parents, teachers, and school administrations knew about physical distancing.

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Public Health
Moving Medicine Podcast
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How a student-run clinic helps low-tech patients during COVID-19

UC Davis shifted its medical student-run clinics to telemedicine during COVID-19. Learn how they adjusted to help patients access the right care.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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How Henry Ford embraced distance learning for diabetes prevention

Leaders at the Michigan health system had long planned to include virtual option. Find out how they shifted course when the pandemic hit.

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Diabetes
Health System Spotlight
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5 physician specialties hit hardest in pandemic’s early days

Learn about AMA research detailing how COVID-19 was tied to a 19% drop in Medicare physician spending through June 2020.

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