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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Knowing how and when to use the patient portal can help improve patients’ outcomes and could lighten the workloads that contribute to physician burnout. The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series provides physicians with 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.
The San Diego Union-Tribune: Patients seek answers as technical problems persist at Palomar medical group
Patients say they have faced canceled appointments, difficulties with medical record access associated with a third-party medical records system that has come under scrutiny nationwide.
AOL: New report details safety issues that led to Miami organ recovery group’s closure
New report details safety issues that led to Miami organ recovery group’s closure
TMCnet: Patients Want More Time and Better Access. PartnerMD's 2026 State of Primary Care Report Finds Primary Care Isn't Delivering.
Patients Want More Time and Better Access. PartnerMD's 2026 State of Primary Care Report Finds Primary Care Isn't Delivering.
USA Today: FDA: Novo Nordisk failed to report deaths of weight-loss drug patients
The Connecticut Mirror: In CT, doctors now sue patients most over medical bills, surpassing hospitals
In CT, doctors now sue patients most over medical bills, surpassing hospitals
Axios on MSN: Mass. bottleneck for mental health patients in ERs shrinks, but problems persist
More than one-third of people who went to the emergency room for mental health conditions in 2024 spent 12 hours or more waiting for treatment, per a new report. Why it matters: These patients wait on ...
Mass. bottleneck for mental health patients in ERs shrinks, but problems persist
A new UC Davis Health study reveals that transportation challenges create major barriers for patients with end-stage kidney disease who receive hemodialysis at a clinic. These challenges also have a ...
SSM Health and United Healthcare have reached a temporary agreement that prevents more than 140,000 patients from losing in-network access at SSM Health hospitals and clinics as the two sides continue ...
News Medical: POLAR gene profile predicts which patients may and may not benefit from radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery
Patients with invasive breast cancer who had low scores on an investigational gene molecular signature had similar rates of local recurrence whether or not they received adjuvant radiation therapy ...
POLAR gene profile predicts which patients may and may not benefit from radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery
ascopubs.org: Identifying patient profiles and mapping treatment journeys of ARPI-treated, taxane-naive patients with metastatic prostate cancer across three countries in a digital patient ...
Identifying patient profiles and mapping treatment journeys of ARPI-treated, taxane-naive patients with metastatic prostate cancer across three countries in a digital patient ...
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 ...
ascopubs.org: Clinical Profile and Outcome of Patients With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Breast Cancer With Brain Metastases: Real-World Experience
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Staging: An Analysis of Patients With Breast Cancer From a Community Practice in Brazil A total of 102 patients with a median age of 52 (interquartile range, ...
Clinical Profile and Outcome of Patients With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Breast Cancer With Brain Metastases: Real-World Experience
EurekAlert!: Investigational KRAS(ON) inhibitor zoldonrasib showed effective and durable responses in patients with advanced G12D-mutated lung cancer
The investigational KRAS G12D inhibitor zoldonrasib showed evidence of clinical activity and a favorable safety profile in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose ...
Investigational KRAS(ON) inhibitor zoldonrasib showed effective and durable responses in patients with advanced G12D-mutated lung cancer
News Medical: Initial high-risk antibody profile for antiphospholipid syndrome tends to remain high in pediatric patients, study finds