Pregnant woman being attended to by midwife.
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3 Min Read

Bill allows independent practice for certified nurse-midwives

Patients want and deserve vital physician leadership of care teams.

Scope of Practice
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5 Min Read

April 20, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Physician-focused payment models, IPPS proposed rule and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
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5 Min Read

Innovator finds value in relationship-based primary care model

No codes, no EOBs, no rushed primary care patient visits. That is the vision of Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, co-founder and CEO of Iora Health.

Prevention & Wellness
Five residents gathered around conversing.
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4 Min Read

San Francisco clinic’s daily huddles make efficiency a team sport

Team huddles can enhance productivity and morale. Learn how a primary care clinic tweaked their huddles to make them essential to everybody’s day.

Scope of Practice
Two men sit on a bench and speak with a physician.
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4 Min Read

To find fixes, Virginia health system asks, “What’s working?”

Focusing on the positive boosts resilience and collaboration. How an academic health system used the approach to improve care transitions.

Scope of Practice
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4 Min Read

March 23, 2017: National Advocacy Update

Health reform, House considers medical liability reform bill and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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7 Min Read

Barriers to colonoscopy screenings tackled in physician-led APM

Advanced APMs developed by physicians for use in the QPP look to coordinate care and ease barriers to services for patients.

Scope of Practice
Four people gather around a computer for teamwork.
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5 Min Read

What airplane deicing has to do with teamwork in health care

The teamwork approach exemplified by “high-reliability” industries, such as aviation, is now being integrated into medical education.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD
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3 Min Read

As physicians, we must speak up for our patients

Speaking to physicians in Washington, D.C., AMA President Andrew W. Gurman expressed the role of physicians in the thick of the national health reform debate.

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