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 ...
KQED: Northern California Kaiser Therapists Hold 1-Day Strike Over AI, Patient Care Concerns
Northern California Kaiser Therapists Hold 1-Day Strike Over AI, Patient Care Concerns
Health insurance startup Oscar Health has introduced a new tool to give doctors a more detailed overview of their patients: a virtual clinical dashboard that displays multiple steps of an Oscar member ...
In a retrospective analysis, patients with lung-only metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) demonstrated a median overall survival of 28.7 months compared to 12.8 months for those with ...
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.
KREM: Washington medical experts express concern over mental-health risks of cannabis use in new UW survey
Washington medical experts express concern over mental-health risks of cannabis use in new UW survey
The New Indian Express: Ceiling collapses at SCB Medical College in Cuttack, fuels worry over patient safety, poor maintenance
CUTTACK: A portion of the ceiling collapsed at the hematology department of SCB Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday night, sparking concern over safety of p ...
Ceiling collapses at SCB Medical College in Cuttack, fuels worry over patient safety, poor maintenance
MSN: MedPAC members express concern over Medicare docs' ability to absorb cost increases
Fee-for-service payments in 2027 for physicians who treat Medicare patients should be increased by 1.25% for those participating in advanced alternative payment models and 0.75% for other physicians, ...
MedPAC members express concern over Medicare docs' ability to absorb cost increases
Up to 2,400 mental health professionals at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California are set to hold a one-day strike on Wednesday over what they warn is the company’s increasing use of artificial ...
Becker's Hospital Review: Epic sued over claims MyChart fragments patient medical records
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Your LinkedIn profile is your digital business card, but ...
To express a concern or express concerns is using the word in its countable noun sense, which refers to one or more specific concerns - a concern being particular element or thing to be concerned about. So you might say: I have one or two concerns with this proposal.