Topic in Focus: Substance Use Disorders

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Rising cervical cancer rates and a new at-home screening test for cervical cancer

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6 reasons to join the AMA

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Will the U.S. get its first supervised drug consumption site?

As a federal appeals court weighs the question, the AMA details the evidence showing such facilities can save lives and improve public health.

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As COVID-19 surges, AMA sounds alarm on nation’s overdose epidemic

Learn about the policy steps that must be taken to improve access to lifesaving substance-use disorder treatment.

Behavioral Health
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AMA to push for better access to opioid-use disorder treatments

The AMA will advocate sustained funding for evidence-based care and support research to help bring more treatments into the primary care setting.

Behavioral Health
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Patient Access Playbook: Legal requirements

Download the playbook PDF to learn how federal medical privacy law, commonly known as HIPAA, provides a patient the right to obtain an electronic copy of their medical record in the patient’s preferred form and format.

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Nov. 13, 2020: State Advocacy Update 

Public-private partnership seeks to build SUD treatment network throughout Georgia and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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Providing individualized pain care during COVID in West Virginia

Pain-management clinic works to reverse the overdose epidemic’s impact on the state by using whole-person approach to provide custom care.

Behavioral Health
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The pandemic’s not over, and the overdose epidemic is getting worse

COVID-19 is leaving a growing number of Americans isolated and desperate, exacerbating the opioid epidemic that killed nearly 72,000 in U.S. last year.

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Using telehealth to boost treatment for substance-use disorder

Edwin Chapman, MD, delivers multiple services at his “one-stop shopping” clinic in the nation’s capital.

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Behavioral health integration webinar series: Virtual BHI

Explore how physician practices can virtually support the behavioral health of their patients.

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