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Public health solutions are key to preventing firearm violence

Physician leaders are looking for public health solutions and focusing on prevention to end the firearm violence crisis. Learn how the AMA helps.

Injury & Violence
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Learn to deliver high-quality care to your LGBTQIA+ patients

Patients who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or asexual (LGBTQIA+) often face major stigma, discrimination in health care.

Population Health
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4 big lessons from COVID-19 for the next public health emergency

The pandemic exposed significant, longstanding gaps in the U.S. public health system. A coalition led by Kaiser Permanente seeks to help fill them.

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Infectious Diseases
Health System Spotlight
Bobby Mukkamala, MD
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Don’t just hope for health innovation equity—make sure it happens

AMA leaders took their message that health technology needs to work for physicians and promote health equity to the HIMSS Global Health Conference.

Health Equity
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How physicians can help parents address kids’ social media use

TikTok is the latest fad to draw politicians’ ire. Learn more about nurturing teen patients’ “digital wellness.”

Population Health
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Cigna’s modifier 25 policy burdens doctors and deters prompt care

Payer’s requirement that physicians submit office notes when reporting E/M codes with modifier 25 is a waste of time and bad for patients. Learn more.

CPT®
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Why generative AI like ChatGPT cannot replace physicians

“Generative AI is not thought,” says health IT expert John Halamka, MD, MS, but augmented intelligence (AI) could ease physician burdens. Learn more.

Digital
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How the AMA is stepping up its work to stop gun violence

A newly created AMA task force is working with other physician and community organizations to further evidence-based, preventive measures. Learn more.

Health Equity
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD
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To ease physician burnout, ditch the stigma against getting help

Barriers exist to seeking mental health care. “It shouldn’t be that way,” says U.S. surgeon general. Leadership is key, as shown at Ochsner Health.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians