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.
For this installment, three AMA members took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about the potentially harmful effects of social media. They are: Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD, MPH, a pediatrician in Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media.
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.
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 and how to take charge of their health through preventive care.
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.
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. Three physicians took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about vitamins and nutritional supplements. They are: Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist in Somerville ...
Patients with Meniere’s disease “will have episodes of vertigo, usually lasting half an hour to a couple of hours that can be very intense and incapacitating and unpredictable, but they almost always have a symptom of hearing loss or ringing in their ear either immediately before or during the onset of vertigo,” he said.
Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about iron deficiency One in three women under 50 is iron deficient, affecting about 10 million people in the U.S. Two physicians discuss iron deficiency and how to address it.
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 and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. For this installment, two AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about sodium consumption. They are:
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.
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 and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. In this installment, Jonathan Stoever, MD, a pulmonologist with Confluence Health in Wenatchee, Washington, discusses bronchitis and what patients should know ...
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.
Practice Management Digital 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.
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. Anjali N. Patel, DO, a cognitive neurologist at the Atlantic Neuroscience Institute at Overlook Medical Center, took time to discuss what to know about Alzheimer’s disease.
Patient perspectives around data privacy The American Medical Association partnered with Savvy Cooperative, a patient-owned source of health care insights, to survey 1,000 patients across the U.S. on their perspectives toward the privacy of their medical information. We found that by understanding the patient perspective on data privacy, industry and government can better act to help patients ...
WTVD: Nearly 12 million Quest Diagnostics patients may be affected in data breach
A collection firm that worked with Quest Diagnostics informed the medical testing company that the data of 11.9 million patients may have been affected in a breach. American Medical Collection Agency ...
Nearly 12 million Quest Diagnostics patients may be affected in data breach
The Business Journals: How Quest Diagnostics is using outreach partnerships to help health systems prioritize patients and ease financial strain
How Quest Diagnostics is using outreach partnerships to help health systems prioritize patients and ease financial strain
FierceBiotech: Quest Diagnostics launches Google-powered AI chatbot to help patients understand lab results
Quest Diagnostics is launching a chatbot tailored for laboratory test results as it seeks to allow patients the ability to get a handle on their findings and perform deeper dives on their own health.
Quest Diagnostics launches Google-powered AI chatbot to help patients understand lab results
Morningstar: Quest Diagnostics Introduces AI Companion to Help Patients Understand and Act on Lab Test Results
Quest Diagnostics Introduces AI Companion to Help Patients Understand and Act on Lab Test Results
Quest Diagnostics DGX recently announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Epic to streamline and improve experiences for healthcare providers and patients who engage Quest for laboratory testing ...
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