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Health systems science proving vital during pandemic response

A new textbook chapter offers insight on the ways health systems science—the third pillar of medical education—can be applied to fight a pandemic.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Statement from AMA and TMA presidents on COVID-19 surge in Texas

Physician leaders urge all fellow Texans to protect one another.

Press Releases
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AMA statement on intimidation, threats toward public health officials

The AMA is concerned by recent news reports that public health officials have been intimidated and threatened for their work.

Press Releases
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AMA announces CPT code for antigen tests in the fight against COVID-19

New code is the latest in a series that enhances the reporting of innovative tools now available to advance medicine's goals.

Press Releases
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COVID-19 doesn’t require end-run around scope-of-practice laws

VA memo encourages allowing nurse anesthetists to practice without doctor supervision, part of broader move to bypass state scope-of-practice laws and in some cases diminish physician-led team care.

Scope of Practice
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Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on physicians and students fighting anti-science rhetoric

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 in the first of a two-part series, about combating anti-science movements.

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Infectious Diseases
AMA Update
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5 barriers to launching a virtual diabetes prevention program

To reach patients with prediabetes during the pandemic, Marshfield Clinic Health System launched the National Diabetes Prevention Program in a distance learning format.

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Prevention & Wellness
Health System Spotlight
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Providing hypertension care to patients during the pandemic

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the treatment of patients with hypertension during the pandemic.

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Prevention & Wellness
AMA Update
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How to reignite the fight against the nation’s opioid epidemic

The COVID-19 crisis is far from over, yet the opioid epidemic continues to flare. The AMA details steps states should take, and calls on CDC to revise its opioid prescribing guideline.

Behavioral Health