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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 cancer screening and prevention
Most patients are diagnosed at a far less treatable, later stage of the disease And with about 20% of lung cancer deaths preventable, evidence-based screening recommendations for high-risk patients offer the best hope to catch the disease early and provide the best chance for effective treatment A medical oncologist shares more
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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