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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Residents discuss determining the “one best test”

An estimated one-third of health care costs—about $750 billion—don’t actually improve health, according to the Institute of Medicine. Residents’ exams often ask them to choose the “one best test” for diagnosis to avoid health care waste, but what if the real-world choice is “all of the above”?

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Health IT monitoring crucial to patient safety

As we physicians know, health IT is a field that is rapidly expanding and promises to continue its speedy evolution. Health professionals are starting to realize that increased oversight of these technologies, specifically with regard to patient safety, is crucial.

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Early retirees struggle with gap in health coverage

Physicians planning to retire early often face a gap in their health insurance coverage. Until they become eligible for Medicare, early retirees frequently choose between expensive individual plans and COBRA continuation plans to eliminate the gaps in their health insurance coverage.

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Attorneys argue patient safety case in mock hearing

The Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will determine whether state health care licensure boards can retain their authority to shield patients from potentially unlawful practice. Attorneys “argued” the case in a mock court session during the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting.

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United voice will protect physician-patient relationship: AMA CEO

Unifying the physician community and speaking with one voice will ensure the AMA’s “True North”—the physician-patient relationship—remains strong in the face of a semi-chaotic, rapidly changing health care environment, AMA Executive Vice President and CEO James L. Madara, MD said in his address at the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting. 

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Understanding patients' dreams: Inspirations in Medicine

The heart of medicine—the patient-physician relationship—led to moving stories at Inspirations in Medicine, the Friday night kickoff event of the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting. Moderated by Sylvia Perez, the event featured three physicians and one patient telling their personal accounts of how the patient-physician relationship has inspired them.

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AMA's patient grassroots group now 1 million strong

One million patients have joined to take action on legislative issues that could harm the patient-physician relationship and restrict their access to care through the AMA Patients’ Action Network, making a difference in today’s health care landscape.

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Tool helps equip residents to care for at-risk patients

A new online tool is helping residents and their training programs better understand at-risk populations—including the homeless, unemployed, underserved and uninsured—and improve their quality of care.

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Patient safety at stake in case before U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States announced in March that it would hear North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission (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 antitrust laws.

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