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Just in time for the holidays: AMA’s health systems science textbook

The AMA’s new “Health Systems Science” textbook, which was first announced last month, is officially available for shipment starting Dec. 16, 2016.

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Value-based care, an elusive concept, enters the curriculum

As more medical schools formalize high-value care in their curricula, a new health systems science textbook is helping to provide a framework for instruction.

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AMA launches textbook to train physicians on ‘third science’

The AMA launched a new health systems textbook that will help physicians learn how to deliver patient care in modern, value-based health systems.

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New textbook is first to teach “third pillar” of medical education

New textbook will help medical schools adapt their curricula to teach health systems science. The understanding of how patients access and receive health care is called the “third pillar” of medical education.

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Hotspotting: 10 steps to help patients hospitalized most

Patients with complex, hard-to-manage needs and chronic conditions drive much of health care costs. ‘Hotspotting” maps their cluster of problems, organizes resources around their needs, and designs interventions to improve care.

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Med students plunge into ACOs, patient-centered medical homes

Med schools are enhancing students’ experiences by embedding them into patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations (ACO)—two models changing health care delivery.

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The “structure” of the medical school of the future

With dramatic changes in how medicine is taught, what does the med school of the future look like? The new campus of one school with a focus on interprofessional education reflects its team-based, patient-focused approach.

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Meg Gaines, JD, LLM at AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium
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The physician of the future: More like da Vinci

The changing role of the physician in the delivery of health care challenges med schools to develop new ways of looking at the profession and teaching. The physician of the future’s expertise will span a number of different subject areas.

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AMA, Chicago medical schools continue innovative effort

U of C Pritzker School of Medicine is one of 32 innovative med schools working to expand AMA’s initiative to ensure future physicians are prepared to practice

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