Topic in Focus: Health Care Equity

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Prioritizing Equity video series: COVID-19 and employer vaccine equity

View the AMA's panel discussion on why employers must be as invested in ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for their workforce.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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Should we order a CT for the kid? Why race, ethnicity play a role

Child’s race and ethnicity may be linked to the decision to perform diagnostic imaging during ED visits. Learn what’s behind the inequity.

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David Barbe, MD, MHA, with global look at COVID during World Health Day

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by taking a look at the challenges of COVID around the world on World Health Day.

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3 insights med students should know in the pursuit for health equity

Systemic inequities plague U.S. medicine, as laid bare in the last year. Learn how medical students can help in the push for change.

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What doctors wish patients knew about COVID vaccines

In this episode of the AMA Moving Medicine podcast, expert physicians discuss what they wish patients knew about the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Infectious Diseases
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Push is on to expand COVID-19 vaccine access in hardest-hit areas

Biden administration’s $10 billion plan aims to boost COVID-19 vaccine confidence and access in high-risk communities hit hard by the pandemic.

Health Equity
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Share these tips to protect your Black patients’ mental health

As Black communities process layers of trauma caused by COVID-19 and police brutality in the country, there are ways to responsibly manage mental health.

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7 keys to overcome linguistic, cultural barriers to equitable care

Limited English, family disagreements can pose big challenges. Learn more about how to respond.

Health Equity
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AMA applauds Biden Administration’s first-year drug policy priorities

The agenda outlined today by the Biden Administration tackles overdoses and substance use disorder head-on in ways that will reduce stigma and remove barriers to treatment.

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