HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit

The AMA’s toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

Routine Screening Toolkit
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AMA, Satcher launch fellowship program to confront health inequities

First-of-its-kind initiative aims to reshape the future of health equity advocacy, improve health outcomes

Press Releases
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What doctors wish patients knew about obesity during the pandemic

People with obesity are at an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19. An obesity medicine physician offers advice to help.

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Chronic Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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Feb. 19, 2021: Advocacy Update other news

Reckoning with medicine’s history of racism and more in the latest other news in Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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Microaggressions happen in medical school. Here’s how to stop them.

It takes big commitment to deter microaggressions, the negative racial slights that harm medical students’ training. Learn more with the AMA.

Medical School Diversity
Physician and patient consultation
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5 keys for safely sharing ethics consultation notes in the EHR

Learn with the AMA how to develop best practices to minimize harms to vulnerable patients and guide decisions about which notes to include.

Digital
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Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, on health equity and the pandemic’s impact

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 pandemic seen through a health equity lens.

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Health Equity
AMA Update
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Reckoning with medicine’s history of racism

Evaluating the person commonly known as the founder of the AMA, Dr. Nathan Davis, is part of the AMA’s journey of reflection and action.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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Physician voices critical to boost public health rebuilding effort

COVID-19 exposed the challenges facing the nation’s underfunded public health system. Experts say proven solutions exist.

Health Equity
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Universal health coverage is within our reach

Meaningful and affordable health coverage is a goal we all must support, especially during a public health crisis the magnitude of COVID-19.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints