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Practice Management Digital

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What physicians are saying: Hassles with EHRs, CMS website

AMA Wire® readers are sharing their pain in dealing with electronic health records (EHR) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services computer systems and voicing their thoughts on measuring blood pressure accurately.

Member Groups (Sections) Medical Students

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Med students make health fundraising, awareness social

Medical students are working every day to learn the best ways to treat tomorrow’s patients—but many are having an impact on important health issues today, too. Social media is the perfect place for students and medical schools to share their good work.

Public Health Prevention & Wellness

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40 percent of Americans will develop diabetes: New study

About two in five Americans will develop type 2 diabetes at some point in their lives, according to the findings of a new study, which underscore the increasing need for evidence-based programs that help prevent or delay the onset of diabetes.

Practice Management Claims Processing

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Insurers not paying correctly? Free tool helps address denials

The Claims Workflow Assistant, developed by the AMA, can help your practice understand digital explanations of payment known as electronic remittance advice (ERA) transactions and address any issues with how the insurer handled your claims.

Practice Management Medicare & Medicaid

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Troubles with Sunshine Act website? We're taking them to CMS

As the federal website through which physicians can review their Sunshine Act financial data continues to experience technical problems, you can share your experience using the site in a brief survey, open through Monday.

About Ethics

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Ethics journal explores the humanities in medical education

This month’s issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, explores what “medical humanities” comprises. Contributing authors argue that medical education is incomplete without it.

Public Health Prevention & Wellness

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Resource offers strategies to prevent hospital infections

An updated version of the popular compendium of recommendations for preventing common health care-associated infections (HAI) in acute care hospitals has been published in the Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology.

Public Health Health Equity

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Neighborhood socioeconomic status associated with readmissions

According to a study published online last week by the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes by the American Heart Association, patients hospitalized for heart failure are more likely to be readmitted within six months if they live in neighborhoods with low socioeconomic status.