James L. Madara, MD, at 2018 AMA Interim Meeting
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Doctors as disruptors? AMA CEO says medicine’s future demands it

Physicians must lead the way by ensuring that disruptive innovations improve patient care, says AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD.

Interim Meeting
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Use a Qualified Clinical Data Registry to boost Medicare bonus

Many of these registries are run by state or specialty medical societies. They can help with MIPS and offer a bridge to succeeding with new pay models.

Payment & Delivery Models
AMA’s Integrated Health Model Initiative™ (IHMI) logo.
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Winners named in AMA mobile health innovation challenge

After presenting their ideas before a panel of judges and an audience at Google’s Boston Campus, three winners were chosen in the AMA challenge sponsored by Google Cloud.

Digital
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Finalists named in AMA mobile health innovation challenge

Startups competing in the AMA challenge sponsored by Google Cloud will present their ideas Thursday, June 28, at Google’s Boston Campus. You can watch it live.

Digital
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Improve health equity by collecting patient demographic data

Most physician practices do not collect patient demographic information, or they do so in unreliable ways. The data can help drive approaches to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.

Population Health
An African-American woman gets her blood pressure taken while a nurse watches.
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Smart approach improves BP control for black, Hispanic patients

More than 90 percent of this Miami physician group’s patients with hypertension are African-American or Hispanic. Learn about the strategies they used to make big strides.

Prevention & Wellness
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Driving data and technology to enhance care & reduce physician burden

Laurie McGraw, AMA senior vice president, Health Solutions, tells us about the four things that physicians want to know when it comes to innovation.

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Digital
Leadership Thoughts
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Mammoth trove of post-market data mined for safety studies

FDA Sentinel System data network has health info on 13 billion clinical encounters that generates real-world evidence on the use of medical products.

Digital
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AMA, Google launch health care interoperability & innovation challenge

The AMA announced the AMA Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge sponsored by Google to inspire novel examples of mobile health technology.

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