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How doctors can adjust to new reality—opening notes to patients

Learn more with the AMA about how physicians can comply with new federal information-blocking rule by effectively sharing notes with patients.

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What’s needed to make nudges work in health care

“Nudges”—subtle changes to clinical design and use of information—can transform behaviors. Learn how to choose and implement them.

Sustainability
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7 essentials to getting mHealth data into flow of patient care

Learn what mHealth developers should do so that physicians and their patients can use glitch-free apps and share information in a meaningful way.

Digital
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5 keys for safely sharing ethics consultation notes in the EHR

Learn with the AMA how to develop best practices to minimize harms to vulnerable patients and guide decisions about which notes to include.

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How the EHR can help ID, refer patients for diabetes prevention

Family physicians at Duke Health take two approaches to identify and refer patients with prediabetes to a lifestyle-change program.

Prevention & Wellness
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5 steps physicians can take to get rid of “stupid stuff”

Needless tasks have exacted a toll on doctors’ daily workload. Learn more with the AMA about how to slash administrative burdens.

Physician Health
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How to celebrate progress on cutting doctors’ clerical burdens

Physicians and others are more willing to point out sources of practice inefficiency when they see proof that change is possible. Learn more with the AMA.

Sustainability
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With 2 new patients a day, medical scribes are profitable in one year

For all medical specialties using scribes, study finds greater productivity that allowed physicians to see more patients and offset the scribe program’s costs.

Sustainability
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The power of clinical informatics: A primer for medical students

Learn what comprises clinical informatics and how using certain techniques can improve how physicians and other health care workers deliver care.

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