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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 atrial fibrillation
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, Paari Dominic, MBBS, MPH, a cardiac electrophysiologist and associate professor of internal and cardiovascular medicine at University of Iowa Health Care, took time to discuss AFib and what patients need to
- What doctors wish patients knew about pneumonia
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, Abdul M Khan, MD, a pulmonologist at Ochsner Health in Kenner, Louisiana, took time to discuss what patients need to know about pneumonia
- 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
- Ageism has an impact on older-adult patients—and their physicians
The discussion was moderated by William B Jordan, MD, MPH, who is senior director of equity policy and transformation at the AMA Center for Health Equity Panelists examined the quality of care older-adult physicians provide, how age-related biases affect older-adult physicians, and how ageism affects patients’ care experience
- Patient Records Electronic Access Playbook | AMA
Remember, patients often rely on personal representatives, family members, and other caregivers to help them with access to their records You should respect a patient’s desire for you to share their records with their care team on their behalf
- What doctors wish patients knew about type 2 diabetes prevention
A prediabetes diagnosis or family history doesn’t mean type 2 diabetes is inevitable A family physician shares advice on preventing type 2 diabetes
- What doctors wish patients knew about using a patient portal
Knowing how and when to use the patient portal can help improve patients’ outcomes and could lighten the workloads that contribute to physician burnout The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series provides physicians with a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines
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