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INDEX 2012
Editorials and Connected Coverage
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2011
- The cost of fighting medical liability lawsuits
Connected coverage -- selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- May 21
- Physicians will lead ACOs forward
Giving doctors more opportunities to participate in programs targeting costs and quality allows them to demonstrate that innovation can flow from practices of all sizes.
- May 14
- Obstacles in providing end-of-life care
Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- May 7
- A gathering storm of federal regulations
Overlapping and sometimes conflicting requirements on physicians will prove overwhelming to many practices unless they are changed.
- April 30
- A focus on the costliest patients
Connected coverage -- selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- April 23
- Limit certain patents, not patient care
The AMA and other medical organizations have taken a strong stand on how wrongly permitted patents stand in the way of good health care.
- April 16
- The Supreme Court’s other business
Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- April 9
- Physician data: mysteries that can be solved
Resources from the AMA allow doctors to figure out how insurers are determining their profiles.
- April 2
- How medical education is changing
Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- March 26
- In UnitedHealth case, doctors see the benefits from their day in court
Due to the tenacity of the AMA Litigation Center, doctors are starting to receive reparations for more than a decade of health insurance abuses.
- March 19
- What’s behind more patients avoiding the physician office?
Connected coverage — selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- March 12
- Strike the right balance on essential health benefits
Creating the right package will entail knowing when to be flexible and when to remain firm on what coverage to provide.
- March 5
- Should flu vaccine be mandated for health care workers?
Connected coverage -- selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- Feb. 27
- Looking beyond the hospital for patient safety
Policymakers must give a higher priority to patient safety research in the ambulatory care setting.
- Feb. 20
- What's being done to curb physician shortages
Connected coverage -- selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- Feb. 13
- Become an informed tech shopper
The AMA's latest tutorials on information technology can help physicians figure out how their practices run now -- and how technology can make them run better.
- Feb. 6
- Do you read news on a smartphone?
If so, there is a version of the American Medical News site that is optimized for your device. Bookmark it today.
- Feb. 6
- Physicians subject to increasing scrutiny
Connected coverage -- selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- Jan. 30
- Doctors still face harsh medical liability realities
Reports by the AMA show that defending against a claim averages more than $47,000, and liability insurance premiums vary widely by state.
- Jan. 23
- Possible side effects of health system reform
Connected coverage -- selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- Jan. 16
- A look back at the big stories of 2011
Connected coverage -- selected articles on trends, challenges and controversies in the changing world of medicine.
- Jan. 9
- Anti-tobacco funding gone up in smoke
Already paltry state spending on tobacco cessation and prevention is being cut further -- even though the health and economic case for it is strong.
- Jan. 2
 Each year, 5,000 Americans get bone marrow transplants from unrelated donors.
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Featured stories
Physicians don’t have to remain silent if they feel a health plan is wrong.
Some see coverage of intensive cardiac rehab and weight-loss counseling as growing acknowledgment that traditional medicine has limits in tackling heart disease and obesity.
Managing medications is becoming more complicated due to the aging population, use of opioids for chronic pain and increased FDA drug safety messages.
By knowing what users say is good and bad about electronic health records, physicians in the market will have a better sense of what to look for.
Intensive efforts addressing problems that again and again send the same patients to the emergency department are showing promise.
Medical schools see growth in enrollment in extra degree programs as students seek an edge in what they believe will be a changing job environment.
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