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Physician voices are crucial in tech development

I discussed some of the promises and problems of medical technology at a meeting of AdvaMed, a trade association for medical technology. Physicians have to be involved in the evolution of medical technology to ensure we can actually use these developments.

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Leadership Viewpoints
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Why patient-focused technology could be the future of medicine

To be patient-centered, a digital health tool doesn’t necessarily have to be high-tech. However, innovations are not just about the tech—they are about how we use the tech to take better care of our patients and be better physicians.

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Improving EHRs: Reports, comments and changes to know from 2014

From vendor shortcomings to impossible meaningful use impositions, many problems with EHRs need to be addressed. Learn more about the pain points identified in 2014 and the work under way to transform EHRs from a burden to a useful tool for physicians and their patients and improve the meaningful use program.

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10 top issues that impacted physicians in 2014

A number of regulatory, public health and practice issues took center stage for the medical profession this year. See the 10 topics that made some of the biggest waves among the physician community in 2014—and learn how they played out.

Medicare & Medicaid
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How telemedicine challenges the medical profession

Skeptics worry that the benefits of telemedicine may be outweighed by diminished privacy and security of medical information and loss of the therapeutic value tied to hands-on encounters between patients and their physicians. The December issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, considers this issue from a variety of angles.

Ethics
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Initiative minimizes barriers to providing high-quality care

Now that studies have made the reasons behind physicians’ professional satisfaction clear, it’s time to implement solutions that let physicians get back to doing what they want to do most—give high-quality care to patients.

Physician Health
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Delegates ask for suspension of meaningful use penalties

At the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting, delegates renewed their request that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services suspend penalties for failure to meet meaningful use criteria. The new policy comes on the heels of the recent release of new attestation numbers showing only 2 percent of physicians have demonstrated Stage 2 meaningful use so far this year.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Improve quality, avoid penalties using clinical data registries

Physicians providing care to Medicare patients this year will face a 2 percent payment penalty in 2016. As the AMA works to lessen this burden, you can take advantage of a new reporting option to improve patient outcomes while simultaneously lessening your chances of incurring penalties.

Payment & Delivery Models
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5 things to know about clinical data registries

As more federal regulations require reporting via clinical data registries, it’s important to understand what these registries are and how they work. Here are five things you need to know about clinical data registries and why they matter.

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