Topic in Focus: Health Care Equity

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At UC Davis, diversity drives better BP measurement training

AMA training helps future doctors accurately measure BP every time. That really matters given the health inequities their Latino patients experience.

Prevention & Wellness
Jay Kaplan, MD (left), physician consultant and former medical director of care transformation, and Hannah Stiller, MS, well-being coordinator, of LCMC Health
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Q&A: Why this health system asks about equity in burnout surveys

Beyond COVID-19, another source of stress for health workers is inequity. Learn why LCMC Health asked about equity in its burnout assessment.

Physician Health
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AMA's advocacy efforts push for permanent telehealth advancements

Download report, action kit and issue brief PDFs—learn how the AMA pushes for permanent telehealth advancements made during the COVID-19 pandemic and supports the future of telehealth.

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What sets back care for transgender patients in the exam room

Kameryn J. Lee, MD, MSPH, is an ob-gyn and a transgender woman. “It’s a terrible feeling” to sense discomfort from one’s doctor, she says. Learn more.

Population Health
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Q&A: How to build a nationally recognized LGBTQ+ clinic

Katherine Imborek, MD, explains how a one-night-a-week service at the University of Iowa grew into a clinic treating some 14,000 LGBTQ+ patients.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
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How health systems will learn together to advance health equity

The AMA, Joint Commission, Brigham and Women’s, and eight leading health systems will collaborate to embed equity into care-improvement efforts.

Health Equity
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AMA welcomes Biden administration focus on LGBTQ+ health

The AMA strongly supports reducing the risk of youth exposure to so-called conversion therapy, an unethical practice not based on medical and scientific evidence.

Press Releases
Haidn E. Foster
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Q&A: Why this medical student leader is an AMA member for life

Haidn Foster, MD, is the outgoing chair of the AMA Medical Student Section. He details how the AMA empowers students to move medicine forward.

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Med School Life
Succeeding in Medical School
Jack Resneck Jr., MD, at the 2022 Annual Meeting
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New AMA president: Physicians must be guided by hope, not fear

In Association’s first in-person inaugural since pandemic, dermatologist Jack Resneck Jr., MD, said the AMA will be there for patients and doctors.

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