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Tips for teaching good bedside manner with Nayan Kothari, MD [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about tips for teaching good bedside manner.

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AMA Update Podcast
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13 Min Read

Tips for teaching good bedside manner with Nayan Kothari, MD

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about tips for teaching good bedside manner.

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Improve GME
AMA Update
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Tech, collaboration can mitigate major health care challenges

Amid behavioral health crisis among teens, Kaiser Permanente is working with an esports gaming team to overcome mental health stigma.

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Digital
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Nov. 11, 2022: National Advocacy Update

Bipartisan House letter coincides with launch of APM coalition and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

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Q&A: Communications effort yields better, faster patient visits

Check what the patient already knows. Show empathy. It can make for more efficient visits. That’s what University of Iowa Health has experienced.

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What doctors wish patients knew about COVID-19 vaccine boosters

Patients have more questions than answers about bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters. One physician clears the air.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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Focus on social needs helps heart patients avoid readmissions

Delaware’s Bayhealth system partners with community to address social determinants of health and sees dramatic drop in heart-failure readmissions.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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Why the end could be near for prior-authorization faxes

Payer prior-authorization processes delay care and amplify patient anxiety and physician frustration. Atlantic Health’s automated system may fix that.

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Prior Authorization
Health System Spotlight
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Providing inclusive hair care products at the bedside

The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics system is meeting the hair care needs of its diverse patient population, becoming a model for the U.S.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight