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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
- 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
- Patients’ stories push lawmakers to act on prior authorization
AMA News Wire Patients’ stories push lawmakers to act on prior authorization May 5, 2025 As state legislatures consider bills that could advance the positive changes needed to fix prior authorization, sharing individual patients’ stories can have a huge impact on getting state lawmakers to better understand why such changes are so vital
- Make sure health AI works for patients and physicians
The AMA House of Delegates outlines steps that must be taken to ensure the technology remains an asset, even as health AI keeps evolving
- 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
- What doctors wish patients knew about cosmetic dermatology
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, William L Waller III, MD, a dermatologist at Hattiesburg Clinic Dermatology–South, took time to discuss what patients need to know about cosmetic dermatology procedures Hattiesburg Clinic is part of the
- 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
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