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.

Get Started
Routine Screening Toolkit
Clear Search
Young woman holding out her hand as a stop sign
·
4 Min Read

Protecting reproductive health care means protecting physicians

Third-party interference with the patient-physician relationship puts both patients and physicians at risk and undermines public health. 

series
Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
Person with head in hands
·
7 Min Read

What doctors wish patients knew about stopping catastrophic thoughts

When catastrophic thinking sets in, you might feel as though everything is unravelling—ruined. A psychiatrist shares how to stop catastrophizing.

series
Behavioral Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
Person holding an open book and looking out the window
·
4 Min Read

Learn to deliver high-quality care to your LGBTQIA+ patients

Patients who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or asexual (LGBTQIA+) often face major stigma, discrimination in health care.

Population Health
Ambulance in traffic
·
5 Min Read

Public health solutions are key to preventing firearm violence

Physician leaders are looking for public health solutions and focusing on prevention to end the firearm violence crisis. Learn how the AMA helps.

Injury & Violence
Meena S. Murthy, MD
·
8 Min Read

How one doctor works to meet the needs of 6 million patients

Saint Peter’s University Hospital endocrinologist Meena S. Murthy, MD, is working to advance culturally specific care for South Asian patients in the U.S.

series
Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
Physician greeting a female African American patient
·
3 Min Read

Appeals court stays ruling on no-cost preventive care under ACA

The AMA and others supported a stay to enable patients to continue accessing preventive care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) while litigation proceeds.

Judicial Advocacy
Physician on top of a magnifying glass
·
9 Min Read

What doctors wish patients knew about hepatitis A, B and C

Many people with viral hepatitis may be unaware of it. That is why it is vital for patients to understand the ABCs of hepatitis.

series
Infectious Diseases
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
Finger on a virtual search button
·
4 Min Read

Evidence on inaccurate directories piles up. It’s time to act.

“Ghost networks” of physicians and other health professionals delay patients’ access to care and can mask bigger problems. Learn more with the AMA.

Access to Care
World map with lines rippling out showing continents
·
8 Min Read

For this Tulane doctor, advancing health equity has global focus

Learn how internist-pediatrician Anjali Niyogi, MD, MPH, has used her skills to help patients in New Orleans and around the world.

Health Equity