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Suicide prevention guide to treat at-risk patients

Download a PDF of the AMA's "Suicide Prevention How-To Guide" that offers best practices on suicide prevention to enable primary care providers and teams to treat at-risk patients.

Behavioral Health

Engaging caregivers CME

Enhance patient care with caregiver inclusion education and training from UCSF Caregivers As Partners in Care Teams.

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Improving verbal sign-outs: One simple method you need

Resident physicians can boost patient safety by mastering the I-PASS handoff, which research has linked to fewer adverse events.

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Residency Life
Thriving in Residency
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Hospitals & hospital-based services: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have addressed hospital consolidation, the site-of-service differential, and sole community hospitals.

Medical Service
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Pearl of the week: Set boundaries for patient portal messaging

Set clear expectations and manage patient portal messaging effectively.

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week

Improve key communication skills

Professionalism and Communication Education from Drexel University offers CME modules for health care professionals, developed by leading educators. 

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AMA STEPS Forward®: Patient-centered care

This collection of AMA STEPS Forward® resources offers proven approaches on how to improve communications with patients and enhance transitions of care.

AMA STEPS Forward®
Joy in Medicine magazine: Ochsner Health
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Fighting physician burnout with innovation and teamwork

Ochsner Health is enhancing doctors’ experiences by streamlining workflows, using AI, improving patient communication and prioritizing well-being.

Physician Health
Rana Awdish, MD
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How true healing begins with a physician’s words

Drawing on her own patient journey, Rana Awdish, MD, MS, guides Henry Ford Health physicians in strengthening communication to improve patient care.

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Prevention & Wellness
Health System Spotlight

Critical care treatment CME

Critical care medicine in intensive care units plays a large role in the medical system. Learn how to best address general and psychiatric critical care equitably.

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Amplifying the human touch while cutting documentation burden

At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, AI helps close care gaps, streamline notes and reduce pajama time, supporting stronger patient-physician connection.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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Consumer-driven healthcare: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of key council reports that advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their healthcare by addressing high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.

Medical Service