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Marianna Kong, MD
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How team-based care enhances resident learning

Residents are spending less time in teaching clinics. A team-based care approach can make that time more productive.

Improve GME
Physician entering data into a laptop.
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3 strategies that cut down on physician “pajama time”

Standard workflows and better documentation, in-basket management are the key ingredients in a revamp that saves doctors more than 30 minutes a day.

Sustainability
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Working to eliminate health disparities in cardiac care

AMA member Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, moves medicine by targeting the health disparities in cardiac care, 1-on-1 with patients and through research and education.

Leadership
An African-American woman gets her blood pressure taken while a nurse watches.
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4 Min Read

Smart approach improves BP control for black, Hispanic patients

More than 90 percent of this Miami physician group’s patients with hypertension are African-American or Hispanic. Learn about the strategies they used to make big strides.

Prevention & Wellness
Five residents gathered around conversing.
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These med students learn teamwork from practicing nurses

Teaching medical students to work with other health professionals is tough without other health professions trainees on campus. But this medical school found a way to do it.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
A compass pointing due north
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As health navigators, students see value of team approach

A program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is turning to the next generation of physicians to solve issues with the health system.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
Gina Tartaglia, Krystal Melton, Veronica GarcMarie T. Brown, MD, and team, an internal medicine specialist at Rush University Medical Center.ia, Marie Brown, MD, and Janet Forbes, MD.
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5 Min Read

Try this streamlined approach for managing diabetes

When treating type 2 diabetes in your practice, look at the patient as a whole and make changes one innovative step at a time.

Chronic Diseases
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Feb. 9, 2018: State Advocacy Update

"Share Your Story" initiative on ending opioid epidemic and more in AMA's latest state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Doctor thinks about patient goals to reach health solution.
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To understand patient health priorities, ask: "What matters to you?"

Health coaches can help patients make strides with conditions such as hypertension or type 2 diabetes. Here is how asking, “What matters to you?” will help improve patient care.

AMA STEPS Forward®