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AMA encourages advance care planning

Promotes physician role in supporting patients on National Healthcare Decisions Day.

Press Releases
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Living wills and advance directives with Dan Morhaim, MD

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Dan Morhaim, MD, about advance directives.

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Population Care
Moving Medicine Video Update
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Key lessons in health systems science that pre-meds should know

An understanding of the system in which health care is delivered can help pre-meds hit the ground running once they begin medical school.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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7 terms doctors should know about social determinants of health

Learn how physicians and others can speak the same language when talking about—and addressing—how factors outside the clinical walls affect patients’ health.

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Health Equity
Terms Every Doctor Should Know
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AMA statement on JAMA podcast and tweet

Recent podcast and tweet published by JAMA inconsistent with the policies and views of AMA.

Press Releases
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Why it’s OK for doctors to ask their patients about voting

It is legally and ethically permissible to help patients register to vote and urge them to do so. Learn more with the AMA.

Health Equity
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Joint demo brings together best of 2 health care code sets

The project involving AMA’s CPT codes and SNOMED CT will show the power of what these two terminology sets can accomplish when used together.

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Health systems science proving vital during pandemic response

A new textbook chapter offers insight on the ways health systems science—the third pillar of medical education—can be applied to fight a pandemic.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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State blueprint helps uncover social factors affecting health

Learn why the North Carolina Medicaid program’s approach could be a game-changer on social determinants of health.

Patient Support & Advocacy