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.

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A simple tool to ensure treatment plan effectiveness

Patients often ask physicians if a test, treatment or procedure is necessary? More than 70 professional medical societies created evidence-based lists to guide discussions.

AMA STEPS Forward®
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AMA unveils interactive tool that IDs underserved patient care areas

Geospatial mapping tool could be useful to reporters or researchers hoping to understand trends and gaps in patient access to care.

Press Releases
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Death by ZIP code: Investigating the root causes of health inequity

How do socioeconomic and environmental factors play a role in health inequity? One physician looked at cause of death, age, race, ethnicity and where a person lived to reveal patterns of death in a community over time.

Health Equity
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How a new transitions model helped one patient

After discharge it’s often up to the patient to adhere to medication regimens. A new transitions model helped one patient take charge of his health and better understand and adhere to his care plan.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Measuring moral choices by physicians: Standing up for patients

Standing up for what’s best for patients tests a physician’s moral courage. Study measures choices interns and residents make when faced with threats, concerns about evaluations, and risk to reputations.

Ethics
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From hospital to home: A model for safer transitions

SafeMed, a new model using a primary care-based team makes transitions safer and decreased hospital admissions and emergency department visits for high-risk and high-needs patients. Based on winning entry in AMA-MGMA Practice Innovation Challenge.

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3 ways to battle the “July effect” in teaching hospitals

Each July new medical residents start work and struggle with efficiency, quality and patient safety. Hospitals see costs, stays and patient mortality peak. Three policies address the “July effect” to make transition to residency easier.

Scope of Practice
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DOJ, states side with patients and physicians-file to block insurance mergers

AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD outlines how physicians take the lead in fighting insurance mergers that negatively affect patients, and the quality and affordability of the care they receive.

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Leadership Viewpoints
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AMA applauds DOJ effort to block creation of two health insurer giants

The AMA applauds the U.S. DOJ for fighting to protect patients and physicians from unprecedented corporate market power in the health insurance system.

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