Topic in Focus: Telehealth Adoption

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6 reasons to join the AMA
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Jan. 7, 2022: Advocacy Update spotlight on federal advocacy agenda for 2022

The AMA outlines its federal advocacy agenda for 2022. Learn more in this Advocacy Update spotlight.

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Jan. 7, 2022: Advocacy Update other news

New podcasts on surprise billing and telehealth available and more in the latest Advocacy Update other news.

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Why talk of AI’s transforming health care is premature

Before augmented intelligence (AI) claims credit for remaking medicine, it must prove that it’s helping and not harming patients or introducing bias.

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Telehealth keeps patients connected to care. Now Congress must act.

The COVID-19 pandemic established telehealth’s value. Congress must act to maintain progress even after the public health emergency ends.

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Make sure telehealth is right care for right patient at right time

Your practice implemented telemedicine. Now how do you measure quality and make improvements? Physicians share tips on how they’ve made that happen.

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What it takes to make patient’s living room an exam room

Expert panel representing varied perspectives on telemedicine outlined the future of health-at-home models and strategies.

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What it’s like in geriatric medicine: Shadowing Dr. Steinberg

For post-acute and long-term care geriatrician physician Karl Steinberg, MD, seeing patients in their homes offers many meaningful experiences.

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For some patients, seamless telehealth requires a phone call

Johns Hopkins developed an EHR-integrated tool to identify which patients may need extra help—on the phone—to ensure video visits succeed.

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13.9 billion ways COVID-19 has affected Medicare spending

Spending on services listed in 2020 Medicare physician payment schedule was $13.9 billion lower than expected, says a new AMA report.

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