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Top health tips infectious diseases physicians want you to know

Check out this helpful and informative advice from infectious diseases physicians that can help patients protect themselves from viruses and bacteria.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
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8 Min Read

How Sanford Health keeps pressing on to prevent doctor burnout

Physician burnout soared early in the pandemic, but not at this South Dakota health system. Learn how Sanford Health innovates to boost well-being.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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4 ways VA effort undermines state scope of practice standards

The VA’s Federal Supremacy Project does not put veterans first, says AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH. He should know—he is one.

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Scope of Practice
Fighting for Physicians
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7 steps women should follow to improve blood pressure control

Learn from AMA member physicians about what women should keep in mind to lower their blood pressure and reduce their risk for heart disease.

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Population Health
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™
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Don’t overlook these factors as you explore health-at-home model

From ambulatory to acute care, technology allows patients to get care at home unlike ever before. Learn with the AMA about how to move ahead.

Digital
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How medical students guide undergrads’ work for health equity

A group of medical student leaders is collaborating to create a cadre of college advocates in the effort to create a more equitable system of care.

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Med Student Advocacy
Succeeding in Medical School
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Over 1,700 organizations recognized for BP-control work

Health care organizations serving 8.6 million patients with hypertension were honored for measuring BP accurately and achieving high blood pressure control rates.

Prevention & Wellness
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Apache physician aims to create more doctors who look like him

As a mentor on his reservation and advocate in organized medicine, Sylvestor A. Moses, MD, PhD, hopes to increase pathways for Native Americans to become physicians.

Medical School Diversity
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What doctors want patients to know about carpal tunnel syndrome

There’s confusion among some patients who think any hand pain is carpal tunnel syndrome. But it’s not. Two hand surgeons set the record straight.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Want Patients to Know™