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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Video: Facing tough choices, how one physician brought peace

Physicians face difficult decisions every day, and some of the results of these decisions leave their marks long after the patient has been treated. One physician recently shared his feelings around some tough choices—and how those choices made him a better doctor.

Sustainability
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How med schools are tackling challenges in health disparities

A Google Hangout featuring academic physicians and students Monday took a close look at how medical schools are taking on two huge challenges: addressing health disparities and focusing on diversity in how they train physicians.

Medical School Diversity
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Video: How physicians can see patients' "unvisible" problems

Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, director of the University of Chicago Medicine’s program in integrative sexual medicine, discussed her work to help identify, treat and prevent sexual health problems in female cancer patients at the AMA’s recent Inspirations in Medicine event.

Chronic Diseases
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Oral arguments begin in patient safety case before U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States is hearing oral arguments in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC, a case previously decided by a federal appeals court that ruled in favor of the FTC’s claim that state licensure boards should be subject to federal antitrust laws.

Judicial Advocacy
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How one physician helped a young patient realize her dream

Physicians are in the unique and privileged position to understand the dreams of their patients—and to help patients achieve those dreams. It’s this ability to impact that makes being a physician so inspirational, one physician recently explained.

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10 top states where health insurers dominate: New study

An annual analysis of commercial health insurance markets revealed the 10 most competitive and 10 least competitive states among health insurers. Find out where your state ranks.

Access to Care
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How physicians are tackling health care disparities

Recently I attended the National Indian Health Board’s annual meeting, where about 1,000 people from 500 tribes across the country met to discuss Native American health care issues, advocacy and policy. I was able to learn about the unique challenges Native American physicians and their patients face.

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Leadership Viewpoints
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Ruling could impede efforts to improve patient safety

The Litigation Center of the AMA and State Medical Societies, the Kentucky Medical Association and more than two dozen patient safety and health care quality groups from around the country have filed a brief with the Kentucky Supreme Court, arguing that the appeals court ruling in Tibbs v. Bunnell would hamper open discussions that are essential to maintaining and improving patient safety.

Judicial Advocacy
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Joint Commission releases updated sentinel events data

Nearly 59 percent of sentinel events since 2004 have resulted in patient deaths, according to recently updated sentinel event statistics from the Joint Commission. The updated statistics include 2014 summary data for Jan. 1 through June 30.

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