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Gerald E. Harmon, MD
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8 Min Read

Q&A: New AMA president wants to go on offense against COVID-19

Family doctor and new AMA President Gerald E. Harmon, MD, shares his plans to accelerate ambitious goals to reshape medicine.

Leadership
Four health care professionals having a meeting in a brightly lit hospital office.
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4 Min Read

Open conversations help doctors handle COVID-19’s mental stressors

Learn how a health system made it easy for doctors and other health professionals to talk each other through pandemic’s tough times.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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4 Min Read

How to identify a stress injury in a physician colleague

Trauma of the kind seen during the pandemic can result in stress injury. Learn with the AMA about how to spot it and help treat it.

Physician Health
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5 Min Read

AMA membership growth a sign that physicians demand change

Dues-paying membership in the AMA has risen 35% over the last decade. Learn why doctors are responding to our efforts to drive medicine’s future.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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3 Min Read

1 in 3 patient-screening questions deemed repetitively "excessive"

Nonsmokers get asked repeatedly whether they smoke—just one example of the time-wasting burden for patients and doctors, says new study.

Sustainability
Heather Schmidt, DO
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10 Min Read

Q&A: Boosting communication to cut doctors’ information overload

AMA member Heather Schmidt, DO, shares how she tackled her new role as system medical director of Healthy Work and Well-being just as COVID-19 emerged.

Physician Health
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5 Min Read

Silos must be broken to help health care heroes exhausted by pandemic

For a year-plus, doctors and other health professionals have experienced more anxiety and burnout. Learn about a campaign to put well-being first.

Physician Health
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3 Min Read

Know what to do when a peer is experiencing significant stress

The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to psychological stress in health care. Find out how administering stress first aid can help restore resiliency.

Physician Health
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4 Min Read

How life as private practice physician enables creative approach

Internist M. Zudhi Jasser, MD, chairs the new AMA Private Practice Physicians Section and says doctors deserve a wide array of vibrant practice options.

Private Practices