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Residency Finance

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How residents should begin saving for retirement

It may seem far away, but smart saving for retirement now will help you with financial security later. The AMA Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) hosted a special session on investing and retirement savings during the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting.

Judicial Advocacy

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Court: Physician not liable for patient's risky behavior

In Kelly v. Haralampopoulos, two Colorado physicians were accused of medical liability when a patient experienced cardiac arrest during a procedure after presenting with abdominal pain. Testimony of close friends indicated that the patient had been recreationally using a dangerous drug that is known to cause cardiac arrest.

ChangeMedEd Initiative

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Harvard symposium explores how to take med ed into the future

About 200 academic physicians discussed the role of technology in medical education during the Harvard Macy Institute (HMI) 20th Anniversary Symposium last week in Boston, sharing ideas for transformational learning in the face of a changing health care system.

Residency Finance

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5 tips to manage medical school loans after graduation

The average medical school graduate of the class of 2013 left school with nearly $170,000 in debt, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). For many, it’s even higher. Manage your education loans after graduation with five tips.

Chronic Diseases

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1 in 3 California hospitalizations stem from diabetes: Study

Patients with diabetes account for one in three hospitalizations in California, according to a new study on diabetes prevalence in the state. The study highlights the impact the disease is having on health care costs.

Population Health

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States begin creating physician registries for VA patients

Physicians are stepping into action in response to the access-to-care crisis for the nation’s veterans, offering their services until the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system can provide health care in a timely fashion.

Digital

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Officials making physicians' health IT concerns a priority

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released its 10-year vision for health IT, setting its sights on one of physicians’ biggest concerns: achieving nationwide interoperability of electronic health records (EHR).

ChangeMedEd Initiative

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Where med schools are headed: 12 months of innovations

In the year since the AMA announced the participants in its unprecedented initiative to transform medical education and create new ways to train future physicians, there has been tremendous progress and consensus on new ideas.