Man looking at his medication
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3 MIN READ

Medical residents: What to do when patients won’t take their meds

Medication nonadherence is costly, deadly and frustrates even seasoned physicians. Here’s how residents can talk with patients to tackle this common problem.

Improve GME
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3 MIN READ

AMA’s 10 health recommendations for successful New Year’s resolutions

AMA offering 10 recommendations to help Americans make the most impactful, long-lasting improvements to their health in 2020 and beyond.

Press Releases
Performance speedometer
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5 MIN READ

3 overlooked ways to make your private practice more efficient

Conduct better team meetings, plan ahead for smoother patient visits and make prescription renewals a once-a-year task.

Private Practices
A sitting couple listens to their doctor
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3 MIN READ

4 keys to address high BP, stroke among your black patients

The risk of having a stroke is nearly twice as high for African Americans as for whites. This is how physicians can help black patients control high BP and prevent stroke.

Hypertension
Patient sitting on an exercise ball next to a walker
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4 MIN READ

Next step in telehealth could be surgery rehab led by an avatar

Pilot study finds technology widely liked by patients for in-home rehab after joint-replacement surgery, and outcomes are roughly similar.

Digital
Capsule with nanotechnology inside
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3 MIN READ

Nanoethics: It’s time for big thinking about nanomedicine

Innovations in nanotechnology have revolutionized how we think about disease diagnosis and treatment at the cellular level. This is what physicians should know.

Ethics
Patient and doctor
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5 MIN READ

Automated office BP readings offer a chance for patient education

Learn how a federally qualified health center shifted focus to improve its rate of hypertension control.

Hypertension
Patient measuring blood pressure
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4 MIN READ

How home monitoring and patient coaches led to 91% BP control

A pilot study that combined high technology with high touch reports success in helping patients with hypertension get their BP under control.

Hypertension
Steven Strongwater, MD, at the 2018 International Conference on Physician Health
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3 MIN READ

Empathy: A critical ally in battling physician burnout

Strengthen communication with messages to patients and colleagues that come from the heart. Learn more about this medical group’s innovative use of physician empathy training.

Physician Health