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- Patient Resources - American Medical Association
Stay on top of the latest developments related to patient education Browse the AMA’s patient education resources, full of information and tools that physicians can share with their patients, including educational handouts for patients and other patient education materials
- What doctors wish patients knew about sciatica
In this installment, Kevin Taliaferro, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at Henry Ford Health, took time to discuss what patients need to know about sciatica Henry Ford Health is a member of the AMA Health System Program, which provides enterprise solutions to equip leadership, physicians and care teams with resources to help drive the future of medicine
- What doctors wish patients knew about myocarditis
Inflammation of the heart sounds scary—and it can be Lauren Weber, MD, a cardiologist at Confluence Health, discusses what to know about myocarditis
- What doctors wish patients knew about improving eye health
Good vision is essential for our daily lives, yet many people overlook eye health An ophthalmologist shares how patients can keep their eyes healthy
- What doctors wish patients knew about peripheral artery disease
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines In this installment, Charles C Leithead, MD, a vascular surgeon at Ochsner Health in New Orleans and Gretna, Louisiana, discusses what to know about peripheral artery disease
- Senate budget-reconciliation bill risks worsening access to care
The AMA is expressing concerns about the Senate budget-reconciliation bill, citing cuts to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding and changes in eligibility criteria that will reduce patients’ access to care and affect physician practices’ viability, particularly in rural and underserved areas
- What patients really want—and why its important for their health
Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician’s professional wish list But realistically accomplishing this goal requires care teams to zero in on what really patients really want
- Patients’ stories push lawmakers to act on prior authorization
Critical changes are need to fix the time-wasting, care-delaying payer process Highlighting prior authorization’s patient impact goes a long way
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