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How to celebrate progress on cutting doctors’ clerical burdens

Physicians and others are more willing to point out sources of practice inefficiency when they see proof that change is possible. Learn more with the AMA.

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How CPT codes set stage for telehealth’s rise amid pandemic

Learn how the infrastructure that was in place to help manage workflow and facilitate payment aided booming use of telehealth in 2020.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Nov. 30, 2020

In the news: Dementia and finance problems, CDC recommends first vaccine recipients, CDC shortens quarantine length, HHS allows telemedicine across state lines.

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Survey: Physicians laud telehealth’s value, still find barriers

Learn more about what nearly 1,400 doctors are experiencing with telehealth. AMA will keep pushing to eliminate telehealth’s regulatory impediments.

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With 2 new patients a day, medical scribes are profitable in one year

For all medical specialties using scribes, study finds greater productivity that allowed physicians to see more patients and offset the scribe program’s costs.

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NODE.Health discusses digital health innovation in the face of a pandemic

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 with a discussion with NODE.Health about using its digital health expertise to support innovation during the pandemic.

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Cyber vulnerability grows along with COVID-19 pandemic stresses

Hospitals and physician practices are becoming more vulnerable to cyberattacks as the pandemic creates greater demand for telemedicine.

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The power of clinical informatics: A primer for medical students

Learn what comprises clinical informatics and how using certain techniques can improve how physicians and other health care workers deliver care.

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Patient Access Playbook: Legal requirements

Download the playbook PDF to learn how federal medical privacy law, commonly known as HIPAA, provides a patient the right to obtain an electronic copy of their medical record in the patient’s preferred form and format.

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