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69 Min Read

Clinical Case Study: Telehealth for Mental/Behavioral Health

This virtual session provides an overview of opportunities and techniques for delivering integrated mental and behavioral health care via telehealth technologies.

Digital
Ruth T. Chang, MD, MPH
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9 Min Read

Q&A: “Chief people officer” strives to keep patients, colleagues well

Permanente Medical Groups are innovators in keeping patients healthy. T. Ruth Chang, MD, MPH, extends this effort to her colleagues and staff.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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5 Min Read

5 ways health care must change for a post-pandemic world

The pandemic shed harsh light on the dysfunctional, inequitable U.S. health system. AMA member Shantanu Nundy, MD, details how to set things right after COVID.

Infectious Diseases
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4 Min Read

What employers can do to boost COVID-19 vaccine equity

Learn about the steps employers should take to enable their workers to overcome the barriers that impede COVID-19 vaccination.

Infectious Diseases
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2 Min Read

AMA statement on health equity plan discussions leading up to HOD meeting

Plan was released by the AMA in May and developed and informed by policies passed by the House of Delegates.

Press Releases
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4 Min Read

3 key upstream factors that drive health inequities

Learn about the social, institutional and living conditions behind inequities such as huge life-expectancy gaps between communities separated by only a few miles.

Health Equity
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4 Min Read

AMA’s equity blueprint: 3 things to know from one of its architects

Learn more from AMA Chief Health Equity Officer Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, about the AMA’s vision for equity and justice in medicine.

Health Equity
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4 Min Read

What to do when a marginalized patient denies HIV status

The impulse to initiate lifesaving treatment should never overshadow a physician’s focus on therapeutic alliance and trust.

Infectious Diseases
Richard McCarthy, MD
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9 Min Read

Q&A: How this medical group emerged stronger from the pandemic

COVID-19 accelerated care innovation for Kaiser Permanente and Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, which excel in telehealth and Medicare Advantage.

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Sustainability
Health System Spotlight