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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 hyperthyroidism
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, Lisa Stone, MD, an endocrinologist at Confluence Health in Wenatchee, Washington, discusses what patients should know about hyperthyroidism
- 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 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
- 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
- Inpatient versus observation care
Inpatient versus observation care Concerns regarding the admissions status of patients undergoing short hospital stays intensified in recent years as these stays became targets of Medicare recovery audit contractor (RAC) reviews and the use of observation status as an alternative to inpatient admission increased exponentially Observation care is described by the Medicare program as a well
- The do’s and donts of calling out a patients bad behavior
Most physicians will encounter patient comments that are rude—or worse Be prepared with a ready reply and an understanding of the ethics involved
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