Social Determinants of Health | American Medical Association

Hypertension

May 19, 2022 ·

High blood pressure, heart disease and more with Rachel Villanueva, MD

AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion about ways to reduce hypertension.

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CPT®

May 13, 2022 ·

Social determinants of health and medical coding: What to know

Social determinants of health data can be incorporated into the CPT coding for E/M office visits. Learn with the AMA how to use it in your practice.

Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Preparing physician leaders at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Learn about the Primary Care–Population Medicine Program at Brown University (PC-PM), the first of its kind, and how it prepares students to be “clinicians plus."

AMA STEPS Forward®

Practice innovation strategies: Patient-centered care

This collection of AMA STEPS Forward® Practice Innovation Strategies offers proven approaches on how to improve communications with patients and enhance transitions of care.

Overdose Epidemic

Apr 26, 2022 ·

Access to treatment is key in addressing drug-overdose epidemic

Learn what’s driving inequities in the drug-overdose epidemic and why giving patients proven treatments is more effective than incarceration.

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Health Equity

Apr 15, 2022 ·

Q&A: Doctor-led Medicare Advantage insurer addresses inequities

Zing Health was founded by three Black men, two of them doctors. CEO Eric Whitaker, MD, details what sets apart this growing company.

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Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Apr 13, 2022 ·

Pandemic has lessons for how physician training must change

COVID-19 exposed gaps in medical schooling and strained faculty and medical students alike. Learn how one innovative medical educator is responding.

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Population Care

Innovation moves health center beyond schoolhouse to empower youth

Learn about a “one-stop shop” for marginalized youths that integrates patient-centered care from physicians and other health professionals.

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AMA Equity Plan 2021-2023

Embedding equity into medicine requires planning and honesty. To meet this moment, the AMA has developed a plan to advance racial and social justice.

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