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.
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 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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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:
Newsweek: It’s Time for Patients to Own Their Health Care Data | Opinion
It’s Time for Patients to Own Their Health Care Data | Opinion
The American Journal of Managed Care: Care Coordination Engagement Patterns in Long-Term Patients
Care coordination engagement increases over time in long-term high-cost, high-need patients, with no identifiable data-driven times for when to initiate patient care de-escalation. Objective: Health ...
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, Efstathios Kondylis, MD, a neurosurgeon at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, took time to discuss what patients should know about essential tremor.
WHYY: Patients without family or health care proxies face overtreatment or limbo in hospitals
Patients without family or health care proxies face overtreatment or limbo in hospitals
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, patients are seeking more than just effective treatment. They want and even demand comprehensive, personalized and delightful experiences. For ...
STAT: Insurance companies should pay patients when they make cost-effective health care choices
The American health care system suffers from many misalignments of incentives, but one is particularly irksome: When individual patients make prudent decisions about their care, choosing reasonable ...
Insurance companies should pay patients when they make cost-effective health care choices
Early palliative care discussions, ideally within eight weeks of diagnosis, are crucial for advanced cancer patients. Integrating palliative care with curative treatment improves quality of life and ...
LAist: Are behavioral health patients getting sufficient care during the Kaiser strike?
MedCity News: Meeting Patients Where They Are: The Value of Innovation & Collaboration in Expanding Kidney Care Access
Meeting Patients Where They Are: The Value of Innovation & Collaboration in Expanding Kidney Care Access
Medical Xpress: Silence in health care still kills: Communication failures continue to threaten patients and health care innovation
Cultures of silence among health care professionals remain a significant threat to patients and health care innovation, according to results from a national survey of more than 3,500 clinicians and ...
Silence in health care still kills: Communication failures continue to threaten patients and health care innovation
Forbes: 5 Reasons Why Access To Care Breaks Down For The Sickest Patients
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Samuels is the Founder/CEO of Wellworth healthcare advisory firm. America’s healthcare system was never designed for patients ...
5 Reasons Why Access To Care Breaks Down For The Sickest Patients
In healthcare, where the cost of care is rising, organizations can’t afford to drive patients away due to inefficient systems. Rather than focusing on improvements, health systems need to start ...
ascopubs.org: Integrating Palliative Care and Hematologic Malignancies: Bridging the Gaps for Our Patients and Their Caregivers
Patients with HMs have palliative care needs that are commensurate to those of patients with solid tumors, but are less likely to be met. 27, 28 These needs are listed in Table 1 and include ...
Integrating Palliative Care and Hematologic Malignancies: Bridging the Gaps for Our Patients and Their Caregivers
ascopubs.org: Financial Toxicity and Health-Related Quality of Life Profile of Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Treated in a Universal Health Care System
Financial Toxicity and Health-Related Quality of Life Profile of Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Treated in a Universal Health Care System
The Conversation: MyMedicare promises better health care. But only 1 in 10 patients has signed up
MyMedicare is a scheme that encourages patients to register with a regular GP practice to improve their health. But few patients have enrolled. Since its launch in October 2023, only about 10% of ...