Washington CME Requirements

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Clear Search
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Scope of practice should set limits on medical liability testimony

Can an advanced registered nurse practitioner provide medical causation testimony? The Supreme Court of Washington will decide.

Judicial Advocacy
Top State Issues 2017
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5 issues physicians will take to state legislators in 2017

Legislation on physician-led team-based care and reversing the nation’s opioid epidemic and Medicaid are among the top issues faced at the state level this year.

State Advocacy
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Patient-psychiatrist confidentiality hampered in liability ruling

Washington court rules psychiatrists responsible for alerting targets of patient violence, even without a clear indication that foul play will occur.

Judicial Advocacy
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Case threatens limit on interstate medical liability exposure

When a patient crosses state lines seeking treatment and then suffers complications or death, which state holds jurisdiction over the physician involved?

Judicial Advocacy
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Med students deliver patient care in homes, communities

New models of teaching patient care are changing the way physicians are trained. Programs that embed medical students in urban and rural communities bridge the curriculum gap between med school and practice.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Raising minimum age for purchasing tobacco has health implications

The move to raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco to 21 has major health implications. It will reduce the smoking rate over time by about 12 percent and smoking-related deaths by 10 percent.

Behavioral Health
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How medical liability reforms will be advanced, challenged in 2016

Details of plans the AMA has to continue to address upcoming medical liability reform efforts that drain health care resources that could be devoted instead to improved quality of care and access for patients.

Federal Advocacy
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Physicians speak out: How can electronic health records be improved?

How can electronic health records (EHRs) be designed to benefit a physician in practice? Suggestions from a physician town hall in Seattle focused on usability and interoperability.

Digital
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Training future physicians for rural medicine

The need for physicians in underserved areas prompted the University of Washington School of Medicine to develop a rural health curriculum. UWSOM’s program trains future physicians in a unique way.

Population Health