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8 Min Read

Q&A: A drug changed this M4’s life. Prior auth nearly upended it.

Prior authorization is often a headache for practicing physicians. For AMA member Victoria Gordon, it threatened to set back her medical training.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians
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23 Min Read

How managing COVID-19 "crystalized" operations for data & telehealth at UCSD

In this episode of Making the Rounds, Brian Clay, MD, shares his experience with clinical informatics including interoperability, open notes for patients, data literacy and more.

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Making the Rounds Podcast
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28 Min Read

Open, accessible data is key to involving patients in their own health

In this episode of Making the Rounds, Shuhan He, MD, talks about his research and focus on the use of data to help patients take interest in their own health.

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Making the Rounds Podcast
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Eric D. Perakslis, PhD on health data privacy: The good, the bad, the ugly

In this episode of Making the Rounds, chief science and digital officer at the Duke Clinical Research Institute Eric Perakslis, PhD, tackles issues on health data privacy.

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Making the Rounds Podcast
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27 Min Read

How do we measure quality of care? A conversation on EHRs and research

In this episode of Making the Rounds, A.J. Holmgren, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of medicine at UC San Francisco, discusses EHR quality measurement, quality of care and patient outcomes.

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Making the Rounds Podcast
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Long a headache, health IT shows capacity to empower amid COVID-19

Learn with the AMA how the pandemic has given rise to a new understanding of how health IT can further medical research and patient care.

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11 Min Read

Brittany Ikwuagwu talks about med student advocacy on key issues

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion with Brittany Ikwuagwu on how medical students can advocate for key issues in medicine.

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Med Student Advocacy
Moving Medicine Video Update
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3 Min Read

Tomorrow’s doctors can help shape today’s health care policy

Medical students will learn from the AMA’s top advocacy experts, then meet with members of Congress. Find out how you can take part.

Med Student Advocacy
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Inequities in medicine take personal toll on physicians, students

Two physicians and a medical student shared stories of how inequities and racism in medicine have personally impacted them as patients and trainees.

Medical School Diversity