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Written by members of the AMA Physician Communications team.

Medicare & Medicaid

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Data doesn't lie-meaningful use needs to change now

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest data detailing how many physicians and hospitals have successfully attested to the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program this year.

Judicial Advocacy

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State high court rules for patient safety in liability case

In Allred v. Saunders, the Utah Supreme Court weighed in on an earlier court ruling that required a physician’s peer review files to be produced as evidence in determining medical liability, contrary to a law passed in 2012 that explicitly protects that information in order to preserve the integrity of peer review proceedings.

Foundation

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How AMA Foundation is advancing U.S. public health, med ed

Physicians, residents and medical students are making inroads into improving public health and promoting excellence in medical education through the AMA Foundation.

Prevention & Wellness

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3 easy ways to engage patients during National Diabetes Month

One out of every three of your patients likely has prediabetes—and it’s even more likely that they don’t even know they are at an elevated risk for type 2 diabetes. Use National Diabetes Month this November to educate your patients about their risks and encourage them to be screened.

Behavioral Health

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4 key factors for reducing Rx abuse and overdose

Authorities who deal with state efforts to monitor and clamp down on misuse of controlled substances just got an important reminder that the solution to the nation’s growing prescription drug abuse and overdose problem lies in a comprehensive public health approach that emphasizes treatment.

ChangeMedEd Initiative

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Real-time tracker puts education decisions into students' hands

The Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine's REDEI system (Research and Evaluation Data for Educational Improvement) will let medical students, their coaches and school leaders immediately input and track evaluation information, displaying a snapshot of each student’s performance in real time.

Payment & Delivery Models

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Improve quality, avoid penalties using clinical data registries

Physicians providing care to Medicare patients this year will face a 2 percent payment penalty in 2016. As the AMA works to lessen this burden, you can take advantage of a new reporting option to improve patient outcomes while simultaneously lessening your chances of incurring penalties.

Ethics

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Get published: Ethics journal now accepting articles for peer review

The AMA’s online ethics journal, Virtual Mentor, now offers an outstanding opportunity for physicians and physicians in training to be part of an important discussion and get their peer-reviewed articles published. Virtual Mentor is a student- and resident-driven journal published online monthly; it is advertisement-free and open-access.