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7 Min Read

How patients can start—and stick with—key lifestyle changes

Getting healthier is a common New Year’s resolution, and a great way to start is with a productive conversation in the physician’s office. Here’s how.

Prevention & Wellness
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JAMA editors name the journal’s best articles of the decade

High blood pressure, septic shock, learning algorithms, and waste in the U.S. health system top the decade’s reading list from JAMA’s editors.

Publications & Newsletters
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4 Min Read

Physicians weigh in: 5 keys to fixing the EHR inbox

See what physicians suggest that EHR vendors and their health care organizations should change to cut physician burnout and improve patient safety.

Digital
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4 Min Read

Lifestyle change: Diet myths busted, nutrition facts delivered

Each year there is a growing need for physicians to encourage lifestyle changes for chronic disease prevention. This is what physicians need to know.

Prevention & Wellness
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5 Min Read

These 3 values are essential to Stanford’s work on doctor burnout

When physicians are not burned out, it yields improved health outcomes for patients and other doctors. One physician shares how doctors can work together to reduce burnout.

Physician Health
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3 Min Read

How does the choice to subspecialize differ by gender?

Learn more from the AMA about the impact of gender on internal medicine subspecialization.

Medical Fellowships
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3 Min Read

Medical resident bullying: Here's how often it happens

A minority of internal medicine residents report being bullied, but for those who get picked on the consequences are often severe.

Physician Health
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5 years of evidence shows how expanding Medicaid boosts health

Fourteen states refuse to expand Medicaid. Research shows they are doing their constituents a disservice in denying them the health benefits of expansion.

Access to Care
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3 Min Read

Black patients less likely to get treatment for opioid-use disorder

Financial barriers widen racial inequities in access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid-use disorder, creating a large disparity in prescriptions.

Behavioral Health