AMA Routine Screening Community of Practice

Meet with experts and other clinicians at the AMA Routine Screening of Infectious Diseases Community of Practice. Office hours available through July.

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Pearl of the Week: Improve outcomes with health coaching

Find resources on helping patients better understand their care plans.

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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Pearl of the Week: Sharing clinical notes boosts patient safety

Find resources to help improve patient medication adherence.

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AMA STEPS Forward®
AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week
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Give gun buyers lifesaving information on secure storage

1 in 3 pediatric firearms-related deaths are suicides. Physicians are standing up for a law requiring gun shops to share safety tips with buyers.

Judicial Advocacy
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Disability benefit systems can be dizzyingly complex. Here’s help.

Learn with the AMA about best practices for a task for which many physicians may lack expertise: evaluating patients’ ability to work.

AMA Guides®
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Myth or fact? Physicians can’t respond to online patient reviews

If a patient writes a review about a physician, can that doctor post a response? HIPAA muddies the matter. The AMA sets the record straight.

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Administrative Burdens
Debunking Regulatory Myths
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Patients deserve greater clarity on who is a physician—and who isn’t

MD, DNP, PA, NP. Patients are too often confused by credentials. The AMA revised the Code of Medical Ethics to improve transparency and quality of care.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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5 communications tips for doctors in the disinformation age

Whether on social media or in person, learn with the AMA about how to amplify your impact and enhance your ability to disseminate accurate information.

Prevention & Wellness
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Don’t criminalize pregnant patients with substance-use disorders

An Ohio mom was prosecuted after disclosing her illicit drug use upon giving birth. Learn why an appeals court was right to overturn her conviction.

Judicial Advocacy
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Protecting reproductive health care means protecting physicians

Third-party interference with the patient-physician relationship puts both patients and physicians at risk and undermines public health. 

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints