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Relief from administrative burdens must remain after pandemic ends

When the COVID-19 crisis ends, health care should use lessons learned to further reduce administrative and technological burdens to improve patient care.

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8 terms every doctor should know about practice transformation

Understand these essential terms to cut doctor burnout and discover the AMA resources that will help your physician practice change for the better.

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Terms Every Doctor Should Know
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Myth or fact? Teaching doctors must re-document student EHR work

Historically, teaching physicians were required to re-document medical students’ entries in a patient’s electronic health record (EHR). They don’t have to do that anymore.

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How Intermountain added more time with patients, less in EHR

Imagine reducing burdensome EHR clicks for physicians. That is what Intermountain Healthcare is working on to reduce and prevent physician burnout.

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6 handy guides to save up to 3 hours a day in your practice

If one of your 2020 resolutions is to cut down on wasted time in your physician practice, these new AMA resources can help.

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Myth or fact? Ancillary staff can't document parts of E/M services

Medicare does not require doctors to redocument information in a patient’s record that has already been documented by staff or by patients themselves.

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Myth or fact? You must ask about patients' pain at every consult

To better doctors’ practice environment, the AMA is working to debunk regulatory myths such as those involving irrelevant pain-management requirements.

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How this year brought physician burnout into clearer focus

Physician burnout continues to lead the conversation, and more solutions are being created to improve well-being. Find out more with the AMA.

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3 steps to transformational change in your health organization

When physicians are experiencing burnout, your health care organization needs to make big changes. Learn about how to make that journey.

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