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Cartoon picture of a doctor helping a patient cross a bridge.
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Practice lands tool to measure, manage gaps in care

Population reports help this practice identify gaps in care and put action items in physicians’ hands in the exam room.

Population Care
Internist Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD
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2 ways to spark change in minority patients and prevent diabetes

Longtime AMA member Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD, talks about how to manage patients with prediabetes and diabetes to improve health outcomes for minority patients.

Health Equity
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AMA urges federal action to respond to insulin price hikes

With insulin prices spiking, the AMA urged the FTC and Justice Department to monitor insulin pricing and market competition.

Press Releases
Gina Tartaglia, Krystal Melton, Veronica GarcMarie T. Brown, MD, and team, an internal medicine specialist at Rush University Medical Center.ia, Marie Brown, MD, and Janet Forbes, MD.
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Try this streamlined approach for managing diabetes

When treating type 2 diabetes in your practice, look at the patient as a whole and make changes one innovative step at a time.

Diabetes
StepsForward graphic with magnifying glass highlighting A1c.
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Team-based approach helps patients better control type 2 diabetes

Setting goals, changing workflow can help your practice ensure patients with type 2 diabetes have better glycemic control and fewer complications.

Diabetes
Overhead view of a group of people in a crowd.
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Mass General brings population health outreach to primary care

Population health coordinators help patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension improve outcomes.

Population Care
Nir Barzilai, MD
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Treat aging, not the diseases of age, says geneticist

Research on what sets centenarians apart from those who die earlier could inform potential treatments that target the aging process itself.

Population Care
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Rethinking how physicians learn to prevent, manage chronic disease

As the number of patients with chronic conditions continues to climb, so do the rates of burnout among physicians. Fundamental changes to how physicians approach chronic care are taking shape in medical schools across the country.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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New data: Diabetes, prediabetes affect 1 in 2 adults—but there's hope

A study reveals that roughly one-half of the U.S. adult population has either diabetes or prediabetes, the precursor of type 2 diabetes. The study also highlights an upward trend in the prevalence of diabetes. Here’s a breakdown of what the numbers look like.

Diabetes