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AMA helps business leaders grasp digital health’s true value

Will payment for telehealth fade with the COVID-19 pandemic? Not if business leaders learn to properly assess what virtual care can and does deliver.

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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.

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Health System Spotlight
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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.

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Infectious Diseases
Health System Spotlight
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Asif Ishaque, MD, addresses vaccine hesitancy in Flint, Michigan [Podcast]

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to podcast updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing vaccine hesitancy in Flint, Michigan.

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Asif Ishaque, MD, addresses vaccine hesitancy in Flint, Michigan

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing vaccine hesitancy in Flint, Michigan.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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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.

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Health System Spotlight
Yves Duroseau, MD
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Nearly all U.S. doctors are vaccinated. Time to follow their lead.

Physicians can make a persuasive statement to cut COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy when they tell patients that they themselves have been vaccinated.

Infectious Diseases
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What doctors wish patients knew about post-COVID anxiety

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted patients’ mental health. It has also led to anxiety about reopening. Here’s how patients can cope.

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Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
Ruth T. Chang, MD, MPH
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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.

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