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ChangeMedEd Initiative

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What students wish they were learning in med school

At a recent meeting of the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative, a panel of medical students discussed what they hoped to learn to prepare them for their future careers. ...

Judicial Advocacy

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Health data vital to patient safety under Supreme Court review

Patient care information shared by physicians for the purpose of improving health care quality and safety could lose its protected status in a case that could be heard before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Claims Processing

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What your practice should do to prepare financially for ICD-10

How ready is your practice for the financial impact of implementing the ICD-10 code set? With the Oct. 1 implementation date about five months away, practices should be ready for what will happen following the deadline.

ChangeMedEd Initiative

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3 Min Read

School takes coaching into medical field

As medical education undergoes a transformation, more schools are taking plays out of coaches’ books as they train medical students. In med ed, a coach is different from an advocate or an advisor.

Behavioral Health

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2 Min Read

Tobacco to be banned from San Francisco ballparks

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a draft ordinance that will prohibit all tobacco products from baseball parks and athletic fields in San Francisco city and county.

Digital

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The hidden dangers of EHR pop-up fatigue

Many physicians associate clinical decision support with pop-up windows. But the hidden dangers in these pop-ups can bring the threat of medical liability. Two experts discussed the topic at the 2015 annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

Resident Wellness

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5 things institutions can do to prevent resident burnout

Avoiding physician burnout goes beyond taking charge of one’s own wellness. The institutions in which medical residents train can do more to help them achieve wellness in an optimal learning environment.

Digital

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2 Min Read

What “HIPAA-compliant” really means

If your practice were to come under a random audit for monitoring compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), would you pass? Learn what it really means to be in compliance with HIPAA and learn tips from experts.