HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit

The AMA’s toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

Routine Screening Toolkit
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5 Min Read

Race-based medicine is wrong. How should physicians oppose it?

Race is a social construct, not a biological or genetic category. Learn how to help dismantle practices based on the false idea of racial essentialism.

Health Equity
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38 Min Read

Prioritizing Equity video series: Trustworthiness & Vaccines

In the latest AMA's Prioritizing Equity series, experts discuss misinformation, trustworthiness and strategies to handle vaccine hesitancy among patients and health care professionals.

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Health Equity
Prioritizing Equity Video Series
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4 Min Read

How medical schools are redoubling fight against racism in medicine

The structural elements of racism that exist in other areas of society also prevail in medical education. Learn what medical schools are doing about it.

Medical School Diversity
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11 Min Read

Barbara McAneny, MD, discusses new challenges facing Native American populations during COVID-19

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 the new challenges facing Native American populations during the pandemic.

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Population Health
AMA Update
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AMA Foundation boosts hypertension work on Chicago’s West Side

$100,000 donation will aid efforts to help patients with hypertension better manage their BP remotely. Learn more with the AMA.

Prevention & Wellness
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COVID-19 health equity initiatives: Spectrum Health Lakeland

Spectrum Health Lakeland (SHL) addresses the impact of COVID-19 on racialized disparities in mortality rates and life expectancies in Berrien County, Michigan.

Population Health
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4 Min Read

How to take an LGBTQ-inclusive social history to improve care

LGBTQ adolescents are more prone to depression, suicidality, substance-use disorder. Learn more with the AMA about effective screening conversations.

Population Health
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20 Min Read

U.S. Surgeon General talks about the need to keep hypertension under control

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 COVID-19 increases the need to keep hypertension under control.

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Prevention & Wellness
AMA Update
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Chronic disease management has a new tool: The H&P 360

A study in the journal Academic Medicine shows how a modified H&P can help collect more biopsychosocial information to better identify care barriers.

ChangeMedEd Initiative