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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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Prevention & Wellness
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
Health System Spotlight
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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.

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.

Sustainability
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35 Min Read

Prioritizing Equity video series: Advancing Equity Through Quality & Safety Peer Network

Participants from the Peer Network for Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety program share their strategies for operationalizing equity into their quality and safety operations.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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8 Min Read

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