AMA Series
Clear Search
Man sitting at his desk working at his laptop while holding a baby in his lap.
·
4 Min Read

How to transform telehealth focus from adoption to optimization

Learn how the AMA’s Return on Health framework can help physician practices and health systems discover and demonstrate the value of virtual care.

series
Digital
Health System Spotlight
Four health care professionals having a meeting in a brightly lit hospital office.
·
4 Min Read

Open conversations help doctors handle COVID-19’s mental stressors

Learn how a health system made it easy for doctors and other health professionals to talk each other through pandemic’s tough times.

series
Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
Health care professional putting on examination gloves
·
3 Min Read

Pandemic pivots Ochsner Health to new role: PPE manufacturer

Louisiana’s Ochsner Health has long been an innovator in patient care. Now its pioneering spirit is taking it in a new direction: manufacturing.

series
Infectious Diseases
Health System Spotlight
Illustration of a doctor inside a smartphone shaking hands with a patient, with examples of medical apps to assist.
·
4 Min Read

Tech that provides high-acuity home care gets high-profile boost

One-third of acute hospital care could move to an at-home platform like the one getting investment from Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic.

series
Digital
Health System Spotlight
Illustration of a smartphone with a red EKG line, the smartphone surrounded by light blue icons- a stethoscope, heart, an equal sign, plus sign, needle, and thermometer.
·
4 Min Read

Henry Ford moves telehealth forward with virtual exam kit

Video visits have their limitations. A new tool in use at Henry Ford Medical Group Primary Care takes remote care to the next level.

series
Digital
Health System Spotlight
Physician filling out a form
·
4 Min Read

Reducing burnout requires commitment from entire health system

Southern California Permanente Medical group focuses efforts to reduce physician burnout by weaving the clinician experience into the organizational DNA.

series
Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
Ruth T. Chang, MD, MPH
·
9 Min Read

Q&A: “Chief people officer” strives to keep patients, colleagues well

Permanente Medical Groups are innovators in keeping patients healthy. T. Ruth Chang, MD, MPH, extends this effort to her colleagues and staff.

series
Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD handing a new mother in a hospital bed her newborn.
·
10 Min Read

Q&A: How Ochsner Health gives moms a digital connection to care

Ochsner helps moms measure vitals at home and share them with doctors. Some in Congress—alarmed by rising U.S. maternal death rate—want to take the idea national.

series
Population Health
Health System Spotlight
Richard McCarthy, MD
·
9 Min Read

Q&A: How this medical group emerged stronger from the pandemic

COVID-19 accelerated care innovation for Kaiser Permanente and Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, which excel in telehealth and Medicare Advantage.

series
Sustainability
Health System Spotlight