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Physician leader: Patients must know about efforts to keep them safe

Strict safety measures helped keep a large group practice open during the COVID-19 pandemic, now the key is to make sure patients know about them.

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Infectious Diseases
Health System Spotlight
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End-of-life care challenges during COVID-19: What doctors must know

COVID-19 often robs patients of the ability to express their wishes. Learn with the AMA how advance directives can ease some strain for everyone involved.

Infectious Diseases
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The 12 factors that drive up physician burnout

To reduce the burden placed on doctors, health care systems must look at what external factors are adding to physician burnout. Find out more.

Physician Health
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Shared decision-making: What to say when patients express regret

Learn what should be communicated in shared decision-making, and how to respond when patients have second thoughts about a jointly made plan of care.

Ethics
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Mikhail Varshavski, DO, on how social media can combat COVID-19 misinformation

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the influence of social media on misinformation about the pandemic.

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Publications & Newsletters
AMA Update
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AMA backs physician freedom to advocate for patient interests

Patient welfare is the first priority in resolving flashpoints between physicians and hospitals.

Press Releases
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Teaching culturally humble primary care

Tonya Fancher, MD, MPH, knows that more primary care doctors in a community means longer-living residents and more equitable outcomes. She’s made it her medical school’s mission to help aspiring doctors remain connected to their communities.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Doctor uses reach of social media to ease COVID-19 pandemic fears

Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, is working with colleagues to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. He also finds time to identify and counter misinformation on social media.

Infectious Diseases
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Feb. 24, 2020

In the news: Updates on COVID-19 in the U.S., Title X decision gags physicians, cognitive decline in widowed adults, 42% of U.S. adults have obesity.

Publications & Newsletters