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.

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Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH, on telehealth and its future in eye care

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH about the future of eye care in telehealth.

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Digital
Moving Medicine Video Update
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Tallying economic benefits, harms of care comes with challenges

Economic decision modeling could help trim billions in wasted U.S. health care spending, but also poses big medical ethics questions. Learn more.

Ethics
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Courtney Lyles, PhD, shares innovative solutions through an equity lens

Experts discuss and outline best practices for implementing new health care technologies—including telehealth—in practice in an equitable, inclusive way

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Events
AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy Webinar Series
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4 steps to great teamwork with patients to improve BP control

Learn more with the AMA about how to work effectively with patients to get rid of the obstacles to hypertreatment adherence and better BP control.

Prevention & Wellness
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6 recommendations to embed equity in future pandemic preparedness

How to address pandemic preparedness, mitigation and resilience to ensure equitable responses and recovery.

Health Equity
Adrian Jaques H. Ambrose, MD, MPH
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Q&A: How COVID-19 has expanded spotlight on mental health

Mental health in the age of COVID-19, says AMA member Adrian Jaques H. Ambrose, MD, MPH, has created an increased focus on stigmas, health equity and youth.

Behavioral Health
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What lies behind the pandemic’s inequitable impact on Black men

Black men’s life expectancy has fallen by three full years since 2019. A new culprit has been fingered: “syndemics.” Learn more with the AMA.

Population Health
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Early start needed to build Native American physician workforce

Too few American Indians and Alaska Natives are in the U.S. physician workforce. But the Cherokee Nation is proving that positive change is possible.

Health Equity
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New AMA Foundation initiative will boost LGBTQ+ health care

The first in a series of fellowships to improve health care delivery to—and health outcomes for—the LGBTQ+ community holds transformational promise.

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Leadership
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