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What is depression? Depression diagnosis, seasonal affective disorder and how to deal with SAD [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about seasonal affective disorder and depression.

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Behavioral Health
AMA Update Podcast
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4 Min Read

What it's like to specialize in vascular surgery: Shadowing Dr. Ahmed

Ayman Ahmed, MD, of Marshfield Clinic Health System, says the training is often demanding, but the lifestyle is mostly in line with what he expected.

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Specialty Profiles
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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13 Min Read

What doctors wish patients knew about asthma

Asthma can be life-threatening if you don’t get treatment. Two physicians, from Bayhealth and Rush University System for Health, share more.

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Chronic Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
Texas Children’s Virtual Care At-Home Care Kit
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6 Min Read

At-home kits help parents skip trips to pediatrician’s office

Texas Children’s Pediatrics offers parents a “sick-day utility belt” to help physicians virtually treat and diagnose common illnesses.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
William Weber, MD, MPH
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7 Min Read

Emergency physician sees impact of patients’ unmet social needs

AMA member William Weber, MD, MPH, is working to improve care and access for all patients—including those who are incarcerated. 

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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5 Min Read

Confluence Health boosts physician leadership, one piece at a time

Leadership plays a key role in physician satisfaction. Confluence Health takes a multitiered approach to help physician leaders create a thriving team. 

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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9 Min Read

How Henry Ford Health is advancing population health

By launching Populance, Henry Ford Health is empowering physicians, health systems and health plans to embrace value-based care, improve patient care.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
Adam D. Bitterman, DO

Adam D. Bitterman, DO

Dr. Bitterman is an orthopaedic surgeon at Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system and a member of the AMA Health System Program.

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Nigel Girgrah, MD
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Leadership program is changing doctors’ lives at Ochsner Health

Physicians who take part in the four-day program are less likely to have burnout and more likely to feel valued.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight