Topic in Focus: Health Care Equity

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Bill would collect patient data needed to fix COVID-19 inequities

You can’t fix what you don’t measure. So the AMA backs proposed legislation to create a standardized patient data set to help tackle the pandemic’s disparities.

Health Equity
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Why COVID-19 makes it more important than ever to look upstream

Physicians and health equity leaders discuss how the health care system can be reimagined, redesigned and reconstructed.

Health Equity
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Creating greater diversity in medical schools and residencies

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 how to create a diverse health care environment—from the beginning of medical education.

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Medical School Diversity
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The latest on smoking cessation: 8 things physicians should know

Quitting is more important than ever because smoking reduces lung capacity and increases the risk for many respiratory infections. Learn what physicians can do.

Behavioral Health
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Answers to residents' questions on advocacy, wellness and health equity

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by answering resident questions on health equity, resident wellness and advocacy.

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Resident Wellness
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Residents in hot spots offer comfort to grieving families

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 spikes of COVID-19 and how residents provide comfort to grieving families.

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Resident Wellness
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Prioritizing Equity video series: Moving Upstream

Join physicians and health equity leaders as they illuminate the ways in which physicians are moving upstream to a more equitable health care system.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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COVID-19 exposed systemic weak points. How to get it right next time.

The AMA details for Senate HELP Committee Chair Lamar Alexander how the nation’s health system should be changed to better prepare for the next pandemic.

Infectious Diseases
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11 beginning steps to reform policing and tackle racial injustices

Congress considers police reforms in the aftermath of George Floyd’s tragic death. AMA offers road map on how to move forward together.

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