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 ...
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. 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 ...
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
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
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 ...
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
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
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 ...
MyMedicare promises better health care. But only 1 in 10 patients has signed up
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
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.
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.
Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Health care data exists in many forms, from medical records held in health care facilities to information captured ...
The American Journal of Managed Care: Care Transition Management and Patient Outcomes in Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries
Hospital care transition activity facilitates uptake of Medicare-reimbursed transitional care management, which is associated with lower spending and better patient outcomes. Objectives: To assess ...
Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the intimate details of someone’s body and illness are meant to be as carefully guarded, as quietly delivered, as a sacramental confession. But days ...
HealthTech Magazine: From Call Center to Care Center: How Hospitals Mature in Their Approach to Patient Experience
From Call Center to Care Center: How Hospitals Mature in Their Approach to Patient Experience