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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What doctors wish patients knew about pink eye

Pink eye, also known as conjunctivitis, is highly contagious. Herbert Ingraham, MD, an ophthalmologist at Geisinger, shares more about pink eye.

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Population Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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How equitable harm reduction can head off opioid-related deaths

The war on drugs has failed to curb opioid-related deaths in the U.S. Learn with the AMA what effective policies and practices would look like.

Ethics
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At Bayhealth, value-based care helps put the patient first

Delaware-based Bayhealth’s comprehensive approach to value-based care has helped transform patients’ lives and improve outcomes.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
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July 12, 2024: Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update

Registration open: Live July 17 webinar with CMS staff on new ACO PC Flex Model and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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What doctors wish patients knew about Tommy John surgery

Also known as ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, Tommy John surgery changed the game of baseball. Two Henry Ford Health physicians share more.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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To raise HPV vaccination rates, doctors must gain families’ trust

Direct-communication campaigns by Doug Eisert, MD, a pediatrician at Confluence Health, and colleagues boosted HPV vaccinations by 31% in rural Washington.

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Prevention & Wellness
Health System Spotlight
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Does a doctor’s telemedicine video background matter to patients?

Physicians’ training and communication skills are important to patients. New research explores patient views on their doctors’ Zoom backgrounds.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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Top health tips neurologists want you to know

Neurological conditions affect more than one in three people worldwide. Learn what neurologists want everyone to know about key brain health topics.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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New medical school’s founding dean champions diversity and equity

Leonardo Seoane, MD, is the first dean at Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, which will join four existing historically Black medical schools.

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Medical School Diversity
Health System Spotlight