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Ventilator shortage: Scorecard aims to help on pandemic’s hard calls

Categorical exclusions are unjust and no single criterion is sufficient for prioritizing access amid COVID-19 patient surges. Many hospitals are adopting a score-based framework.

Ethics
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Obligations to protect health care professionals

Physicians have a well-recognized duty to provide care during a public health emergency, addressed in the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.

Ethics
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Crisis standards of care: Guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics

The Code of Medical Ethics provides foundational guidance for developing ethically sound crisis standards of care guidelines.

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Pandemic puts decision-making to the test. AMA offers expert advice.

Finite resources could force hard triage choices in COVID-19 care. Learn with the AMA’s medical ethics experts about the criteria to consider.

Public Health
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Where to find ethical guidance in a pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has surfaced old and new ethical issues. A new resource aggregates relevant guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.

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How Netflix-style plans could solve drug-spending dilemmas

States are locked in a zero-sum budget game when it comes to breakthrough medical treatments. Subscription drug pricing can help.

Public Health
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Help your patients with health care’s price puzzles

Medical costs, charges and prices can be inscrutable at times. Find out more about some key health care cost terms and what you can to do help patients on the financial front.

Ethics
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Mergers of Secular & Religiously Affiliated Health Care Institutions

Consolidation can be a source of tension for the physicians and other health care professionals who are employed by or affiliated with the consolidated health care entity.

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Pondering direct care? 13 potential benefits and drawbacks

Concierge medicine’s not necessarily a path to easy street. If you’re considering direct-care practice, keep in mind these pros and cons.

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