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- Patient Resources - American Medical Association
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
- State Law Chart: Nurse Practitioner Practice Authority
(7) Acquired advanced clinical knowledge and skills preparing the nurse to provide direct care to patients through a significant educational and practical concentration on the direct care of patients;
- The do’s and donts of calling out a patients bad behavior
Most physicians will encounter patient comments that are rude—or worse Be prepared with a ready reply and an understanding of the ethics involved
- A Guide to Maximizing Physician Referral Strategies | AMA
For primary care physicians, knowing who, where and when to refer patients for specialty care is critical to their patient’s outcomes and continued well-being Regarding specialists, knowing the proper targeting and customer service strategies to engage and earn referrals from primary care and other practices is a lifeline to their practice
- Inpatient versus observation care
Inpatient versus observation care Concerns regarding the admissions status of patients undergoing short hospital stays intensified in recent years as these stays became targets of Medicare recovery audit contractor (RAC) reviews and the use of observation status as an alternative to inpatient admission increased exponentially Observation care is described by the Medicare program as a well
- What doctors wish patients knew about the impact of caffeine
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 In this installment, four AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about caffeine They are:
- State Law Chart - Physician Assistants Scope of Practice
Physician assistant scope of practice The AMA opposes enactment of legislation to authorize the independent practice of medicine by any individual who has not completed the state’s requirements for licensure to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery 1 The AMA believes that physicians must maintain the ultimate responsibility ultimately responsible for coordinating and managing the
- Follow these 5 steps to create meaningful patient connections
To improve clinical encounters with patients, physicians can learn from the Presence 5 project, which aims to develop a simple, scalable evidence-based intervention that helps enhance the patient-physician connection
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