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12 MIN READ

What doctors wish patients knew about getting a vasectomy

More men in the U.S. are opting for a vasectomy with rates increasing by more than one-quarter. Three urologists share more about getting a vasectomy.

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Public Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™

Help Move Medicine

Medicine doesn’t stand still, and neither do we. AMA members don’t just keep up with medicine—they shape its future.

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6 MIN READ

Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network

The Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network is a year-long program offered in collaboration with the Brigham & Women’s Hospital (BWH) and The Joint Commission.

AMA Center for Health Equity
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13 MIN READ

What doctors wish patients knew about vertigo

Vertigo is often thought of as a condition that a person just has to live with, but that isn’t the case. Three physicians share more about vertigo.

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Public Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
Health systems impact: Burnout
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3 MIN READ

Health system impact: Physician burnout

Reducing burnout is essential to high-quality patient care and a sustainable health system. Learn how health systems are driving solutions to physician burnout.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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11 MIN READ

How 17 health systems rose to meet the moment in 2023

Burnout. Inflation. Staff shortages. Medicare pay cuts. They all hit this year. Learn how these health systems responded to drive medicine’s future.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
Laramie Wall, RN, an ECMO specialist with University of Iowa Health Care
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4 MIN READ

Why saving lives with ECMO is a team endeavor

University of Iowa Health Care successfully pushes the boundaries in its use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Learn more.

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Leadership
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

A new specter is haunting medicine: pandemic-informed burnout

It’s not 2020 anymore. Learn how the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ has shifted to mitigate burnout stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

Unraveling the enigma of long COVID: What we know so far

Learn more with the AMA about long COVID, its common symptoms and the far-reaching impact it has on both public health and individual patients.

Public Health
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5 MIN READ

Find out how to identify and eliminate health care inequities

Discrimination leads to poor quality care and outcomes for historically disadvantaged communities. Embedding equity into harm-event reports helps end it.

Health Equity