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      Physician contracting: What to know before you sign

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AMA adopts policy to address costs of long-term services, supports

AMA House of Delegates adopted policy to make long-term care insurance simpler, affordable, and innovative for current employees, retirees.

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Advocating for diabetes prevention

Read about how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the AMA are working to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
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Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Dementia simulation gives med students insight on condition

Simulation that uses sensory tools is helping med students understand the scope and impact of the condition.

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Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Virtual EHR helps residents learn complexity of elder care

In training residents in electronic health record (EHR) applications, one school is extending lessons to geriatric care—with a team approach. 

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Van Halen helps physician rethink older patients’ physical exam

No brown M&M’s, the rock band warned to ensure adherence to the smallest instructions. Seniors can benefit when physicians heed three telling details.

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AMA: Court order in merger halts a bad deal for elderly patients

Elderly patients were the big winners today as a federal court imposed an injunction on Aetna’s $37 billion acquisition of Humana.

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Population Care

Surprise: Seniors take to online DPP better than most adults

An online counseling program reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes in seniors, who completed the Web-driven activity at a 20 percent higher clip.

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Population Care

Treat aging, not the diseases of age, says geneticist

Research on what sets centenarians apart from those who die earlier could inform potential treatments that target the aging process itself.

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AMA adopts new public health policies to improve health of nation

The AMA, the premier national physician organization in the country, today voted to adopt new policies aimed at improving the health of the nation.

Population Care

3 simple ways to help prevent falls among older patients

Fall-related injuries among older Americans are rising as the people age 65 and older become a larger percentage of the population. With National Falls Prevention Awareness Day, sponsored by the National Council on Aging, try these three things to minimize a patient’s risk of falling.

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