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Written by members of the AMA Physician Communications team.

Sustainability

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Preparation for extreme weather vital to risk management

A new report from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) examines the importance of ensuring health care facilities’ resilience to high-impact weather and offers approaches for health facilities to manage their risks during extreme weather events.

Med School Prep

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Scholarships awarded to increase physician workforce diversity

Eleven outstanding medical students from across the country were announced earlier this month as recipients of Minority Scholars Awards from the AMA Foundation.

Annual Meeting

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Find out what physicians of the future need to succeed

Get a glimpse into the physician of the future and learn to “skate to where the puck is going” with a special continuing medical education (CME) session at the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting, 8 to 9:30 a.m. June 9 at the Hyatt Regency  in Chicago.

Prevention & Wellness

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Structured blood pressure management has greater impact: study

Algorithm-based blood pressure interventions, such as a recent primary care hypertension treatment program in Australia, may be effective in helping patients adhere to hypertension treatment, according to a recent study in the Journal of Hypertension.

Med School Life

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"Opportunities galore": M4 students talk graduation, residency

After making it through the Match and a final year of medical school, M4 students are ready to be called “doctor.” “I feel like opportunities galore await us now,” said George “Bud” Vana, MD, who graduated this month from the University of Vermont College of Medicine.

ChangeMedEd Initiative

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How changing med ed will affect GME, CME

Innovative changes happening at medical schools across the country will produce future physicians with entirely different needs. As a result, graduate medical education (and continuing medical education will need to make changes, too, medical education leaders said at a recent Association of Hospital Medical Education meeting.

HIPAA

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Avoid becoming a statistic: Conduct a HIPAA risk assessment

Two health care organizations are paying $4.8 million to settle charges that they violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – the largest HIPAA settlement to date. Avoid becoming a HIPAA statistic and make sure your practice is compliant with privacy and security rules.

Medical Students

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Med College of Wisconsin wins latest Event of the Month Award

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Mini-Med School Day event earned the school the latest AMA Section Involvement Grant (SIG) Event of the Month award.