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  How a dedicated respiratory symptom clinic minimizes COVID-19 burden
  
  A Wisconsin heath system has created a dedicated respiratory symptom clinic to improve care provided to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is how the new clinic helps.
  
  COVID-19: How to persuade patients to practice social distancing
  
  Here is what to tell your patients about social distancing and why it is the right thing to do to protect those at greatest risk of exposure to COVID-19.
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  Who determines where physicians and other health care workers can eat or drink while at work?
  
  What is the issue?
  
  Physicians and other health care workers frequently go long hours between meals or breaks and often need to eat and drink at their desk or work area. There is a perception that the rules regarding where physicians and other health care workers can have food or beverages tend to be overly strict.
  
  How does an extended prescription duration help your patients and your practice?
  
  What is the issue?
  
  More than 84% of all office visits to primary care physicians involve medication therapy (CDC, 2016), refilling prescriptions for approximately 12 patients each day who were not otherwise counted as an office visit or condition-specific telephone call (Baron, 2010). When these activities are combined with additional administrative and regulatory burdens, primary care teams experience considerable strain and an increased workload (Arndt et al., 2017). It is imperative to identify practical solutions to these challenges.
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- Medical education in 2020: How we got here, where we’re headed
  
  Learn about the AMA’s influential role in setting standards for U.S. medical education, and what’s being done to redesign undergraduate and graduate training for the 21st century.
  
  Why medical residents play key role in improving patient safety
  
  Residents can help identify and mitigate lapses that can harm patients. Learn more with the AMA on tips to improve safety processes.
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  These 3 AMA medical student members have met their Match
  
  After years of training, AMA members who matched with residency programs ponder how they will impact medicine in the next stage of their physician training.
  
  Medical students match in record numbers, celebrate virtually
  
  Fourth-year medical students found out about the next stage of their careers on Friday, but celebrations were largely limited to digital gatherings.
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  Ruling threatens essential physician attorney-client privilege
  
  Should vagaries of hospital ownership have bearing on physicians’ ability to speak confidentially with attorneys? Washington’s highest court considers the issue.
  
  AMA: Insurers misused CPT codes to hide administrative costs
  
  The codes ensure uniform language for medical services and procedures, physicians tell a federal court in a brief, and other uses erode patient trust.
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  5 kinds of AMA member benefits you may have overlooked
  
  You know all about JAMA, of course. Now check out these other great AMA member benefits designed to help physicians on their professional and personal journeys.
  
  Medical residents: Don’t miss these 5 great AMA member benefits
  
  From career planning to loan refinancing, the AMA offers benefits that can help you flourish personally and professionally.
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  Annual Meeting travel, hotel and child care
  
  Make travel arrangements and reserve child care for the June 6-10, 2020 Annual Meeting in Chicago.
  
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  Download the meeting app or view documents such as the Speakers’ Letter, Meeting Information Memo and Schedule of Events for the 2020 Annual Meeting.
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- About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)
  
  See how the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) studies long-term strategic issues related to AMA’s vision, goals and priorities.
  
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  IMGS elections
  
  View the candidates for the International Medical Graduates Section (IMGS) elections.
  
  RFS Annual Meeting agenda & resources
  
  Find the agenda, documents, meeting app and additional resources for the 2020 RFS Annual Meeting in Chicago.
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- Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of March 23, 2020
  
  In the news: FDA approves rapid COVID-19 test, COVID-19 pandemic accelerating, COVID-19 may become cyclical disease, U.S. has most confirmed cases of COVID-19.
  
  National Doctors' Day takes on much greater meaning this year
  
  As the COVID-19 global pandemic upends American life and strains U.S. health care, doctors are showing their heroism as never before. Take time to thank one today for their service.
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