Routine Screening Community of Practice: Workflows

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AMA adopts guidance to reduce harm from high intensity street lights

Strong arguments exist for overhauling roadway lighting systems with light emitting diodes (LED), but conversions to improper technology can have consequences.

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AMA adopts new public health policies to improve health of nation

The AMA, the premier national physician organization in the country, today voted to adopt new policies aimed at improving the health of the nation.

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Putting patients at the center of health care: Medicine that works

The complexities of U.S. health care takes its toll on patients and physicians. Three stories look at the need to put patients back at the center of health care and see new ways to make the medical system better.

Prevention & Wellness
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Dr. Abraham Verghese looks at patient-physician relationship

AMA President Steven J. Stack, MD, sits down with Dr. Abraham Verghese, to discuss why the physician-patient relationship is central to medical education and practice.

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Dr. Abraham Verghese on how computers steal time with patients

Best-selling author Dr. Abraham Verghese looks at how technology, overwhelming amounts of data and burdensome regulations crowd the exam room. When computers steal time with patients, physicians suffer 4 ways.

Prevention & Wellness
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Ways physicians found to put patients first in 2015

AMA President Steven J. Stack, MD, reflected on the patient-physician relationship is crucial to effective treatment. Learn some of the ways physicians put patients first and advanced their medical care this year.

Prevention & Wellness
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What patients really want—and why it's important for their health

Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician’s professional wish list. But realistically accomplishing this goal requires care teams to zero in on what really patients really want.

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Physicians coming together to improve nation's health

I’ll be joining my colleagues from across the country in Chicago for the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting. When physicians come together and work toward solutions for our patients, our profession and our nation, we become a powerful force for the future.

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Mapping the year's landmarks: How medicine is advancing

Over the year I have been AMA president, we’ve worked to maintain a strong foundation of tradition while also maximizing the opportunity for positive changes in our evolving health care system. I’m proud to say that the AMA has hit a number of important landmarks this past year.

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