Enhance support for your physicians with AMA Group Membership

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Why health system leaders should be open, authentic on burnout

AMA member Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, says a key step in organizations’ wellness journey is to encourage physician sharing by modeling it from the top.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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How 2 health systems succeeded with vaccine requirements

Some big hospital names have pulled back on such efforts. Learn from other leaders who have pushed ahead to protect their workers and communities.

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Infectious Diseases
Health System Spotlight
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What doctors want patients to know about the COVID-19 Omicron variant

The quick speed of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant’s spread has left many patients with questions. One infectious disease physician aims to clear things up.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
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Why talk of AI’s transforming health care is premature

Before augmented intelligence (AI) claims credit for remaking medicine, it must prove that it’s helping and not harming patients or introducing bias.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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What is joy in medicine? It’s about more than beating burnout

For The Permanente Medical Group, joy and meaning in medicine is about attending to the spectrum of professional fulfillment with guidance from doctors.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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8 doctors leading the charge in fighting physician burnout

Learn about the chief wellness officers (CWOs) using innovative approaches to battle physician burnout and enhance well-being amid COVID-19.

Physician Health
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How health systems rise to meet challenges in pandemic’s 2nd year

Efforts to ensure vaccine uptake, battle burnout and drive the future of medicine have characterized the work of these outstanding health systems.

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Infectious Diseases
Health System Spotlight
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COVID-19 vaccine requirements: Why U.S. doctors support them

Find out why courts must uphold efforts to increase vaccination rates and employers should require vaccination to keep their workers safe.

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Data drives health system effort on social determinants of health

Marshfield Clinic Health System pushes health equity in rural Wisconsin using social determinants of health data and network of community services.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight