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AMA Update 456: Scope creep in health care: 2024 trends and the latest scope of practice legislation in Mississippi

10 de mayo de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:10:47 0 Comments

What is the purpose of having scope of practice laws? Why do scope of practice laws vary by state? Does scope of practice help regulate the health care field? Our guest is Claude Brunson, MD, MS, executive director of the Mississippi State Medical Association. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🏛️ Wondering what is scope of practice and why is it important? Visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/scope-practice/ama-successfully-fights-scope-practice-expansions-threaten

🤝 Learn more about grant funding through AMA’s Scope of Practice Partnership: https://www.ama-assn.org/topics/scope-practice-partnership

🗺️ AMA Health Workforce Mapper: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/research/health-workforce-mapper

📚 Access free scope of practice resources here: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/scope-practice/scope-practice-key-tools-resources

🛑 AMA efforts to #StopScopeCreep: https://bit.ly/AMARecoveryPlan_ScopeOfPractice

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AMA Update 453: How to speed up your prior auth process using EHR data exchange

3 de mayo de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:10:34 0 Comments

What is the new CMS rule for prior authorization? Why do prior authorizations get denied? What are the benefits of electronic health information exchange?

Our guest is Philip Oravetz, MD, chief population health officer at Ochsner Health. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

📋 Looking for prior authorization cheat sheet resources? Check out: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/sustainability/prior-authorization-practice-resources

📺 AMA President Dr. Ehrenfeld explains CMS prior authorization final rule: https://youtu.be/uEjV4CWlMJ4?si=mVsOqLtw_XKOYII-

📰 Read about the changes coming in CMS Interoperability Rule 2026: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/15-billion-win-physicians-prior-authorization

🗣 Get involved! Patients and physicians can share prior authorization stories at: https://fixpriorauth.org/

📊 Access AMA prior authorization resources and research: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/prior-authorization-research-reports

📚 Free prior authorization templates and model legislation: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/prior-authorization-reform-resources

🏛️ Stay up to date on the AMA’s advocacy efforts to fix prior authorization: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/advocacy-action-fixing-prior-authorization

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AMA Update 447: Firearm injury prevention, safety tips and secure storage: Why do pediatricians ask about guns?

19 de abril de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:08:48 0 Comments

Where is the best place to store a firearm? How do you keep guns safe from kids? What is the safest way to store a gun? Can I put a gun safe in my house?

Our guest is Lois Lee, MD, MPH, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

💜 Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation aims to reduce burnout of healthcare professionals and safeguard physician well-being. Learn more about physician mental health services at: https://drlornabreen.org/

☎️ Call or text 9-8-8 if you or anyone you know needs help. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. It provides free 24/7 confidential support for people in distress, crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the U.S. Visit https://988lifeline.org/ for more.

🧸 Access AAP recommendations on gun safety for kids: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/gun-safety-and-injury-prevention/

🧰 Get the AAP gun safety toolkit for more resources on gun safety and children: https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/campaigns-and-toolkits/gun-safety/

🟣 For more about the AMA firearm injury prevention task force, watch: https://youtu.be/VYMhjKaUBz0?si=_QOEwCdJacs_rzXg

📢 Read the American Medical Association statement on guns: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policies-firearm-violence-0

⚖️ Review AMA policy on firearms (gun violence policy):
https://policysearch.ama-assn.org/policyfinder/search/%22Firearms%22/relevant/1/

🔍 Find AMA policy on kids and guns: https://policysearch.ama-assn.org/policyfinder/detail/%22Firearms%22?uri=%2FAMADoc%2FHOD.xml-0-547.xml

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AMA Update 437: Applications of AI in health care: Augmented intelligence vs artificial intelligence in medicine

27 de marzo de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:18 0 Comments

Benefits of AI in health care: How is AI used by doctors? What is augmented intelligence? How are LLMs used in medicine? What is ambient AI for medical documentation?

Our guest is Vincent Liu, MD, MS, chief data officer, at The Permanente Medical Group. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🏥 Learn more about the AMA Health System Program here: https://bit.ly/AMA_HealthSystemProgram

🧠 Wondering what is the difference between augmented intelligence and artificial intelligence in health care? Check out: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/augmented-intelligence-medicine

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AMA Update 428: New USPSTF screening guidelines for anxiety, plus PrEP, depression and hypertension in pregnancy

6 de marzo de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:08:03 0 Comments

What is a preventive screening? Does USPSTF screen for mental health? What are the best preventive screenings? Plus, why an anxiety screening for adults is now recommended.

Our guest is Michael Barry, MD, chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🧠 USPSTF anxiety screening tool PDF: https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/files/uspstf-2023-year-in-review.pdf

🆕 Check the latest U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations at: https://uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation-topics

🗣️ US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation on screening for speech and language delay and disorders in children: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2814124

📓 Access The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA website): https://jamanetwork.com/

☎️ Call or text 9-8-8 if you or anyone you know needs help. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. It provides free 24/7 confidential support for people in distress, crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the U.S. Visit https://988lifeline.org/ for more.

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AMA Update 423: ChatGPT in medical education: Generative AI and the future of artificial intelligence in health care

23 de febrero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:06 0 Comments

Why should AI be in classrooms? How do you integrate AI into a curriculum? AI tools for medical education, using AI in medical training and how AI can help you study. Our guest is Marc Triola, MD, associate dean of education informatics and director of the Institute for Innovations in Medical Education at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🧠 Check out AMA’s ChangeMedEd®️ Initiative: https://bit.ly/AMA_ChangeMedEd

📰 Read more about the potential of AI in education and the future of AI in medical field: https://www.ama-assn.org/education/changemeded-initiative/how-chatgpt-could-help-medical-students-learn-fast-track

🏥 Learn more about the AMA Health System Program here: https://bit.ly/AMA_HealthSystemProgram

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AMA Update 418: Should AI be used in health care? Risks, regulations, ethics and benefits of AI in medicine

9 de febrero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:38 0 Comments

How is AI used in the medical field? Who regulates AI in healthcare? In this episode: how AI is disrupting healthcare and patient data privacy.

Our guest is Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of external affairs, communications and brand at The Permanente Federation and associate executive director for The Permanente Medical Group. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

⚖️ Learn more about AMA policy and guidelines for AI in medicine: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ama-ai-principles.pdf

📊 How do doctors feel about AI? Find out in the AMA Augmented Intelligence Research (AI in healthcare PPT): https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/physician-ai-sentiment-report.pdf

🗞️ For more AMA AI in healthcare articles visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/augmented-intelligence-medicine

🏥 Learn more about the AMA Health System Program here: https://bit.ly/AMA_HealthSystemProgram

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AMA Update 403: Scope of practice challenges and a model for team-based care with Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, MBA

3 de enero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:09:19 0 Comments

Chair-Elect to the AMA Board of Trustees Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, MBA, joins to discuss the AMA’s position on scope of practice in 2024. Dr. Suk breaks down the difference in training between physicians and other members of the care team and the role each play. Plus, why physicians should lead the care team and barriers to physician-led care. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🥼 Learn more about the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_RecoveryPlan

❤️‍🩹 AMA efforts to #StopScopeCreep: https://bit.ly/AMARecoveryPlan_ScopeOfPractice

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AMA Update 395: Federal legislation to lift the burden of prior authorization with Rep. Michael Burgess, MD

11 de diciembre de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:15:24 0 Comments

A new bill at the federal level, called the GOLD Card Act of 2023, has the potential to fix prior authorization. One of the co-sponsors of the bill, Michael Burgess, MD, Congressman (R-Texas), joins to discuss the GOLD Card Act and what the bill means for physicians and their patients. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🗣 Get involved! Patients and physicians can share prior authorization stories at: https://fixpriorauth.org/

🏛️ Stay up to date on the AMA’s advocacy efforts to fix prior authorization: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/prior-authorization/advocacy-action-fixing-prior-authorization

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AMA Update 394: Away rotation advice and requirements for medical school clinical rotations with Mark Meyer, MD

7 de diciembre de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:08:57 0 Comments

Away rotations play an important role in the clinical education of medical students. Mark Meyer, MD, senior associate dean for Student Affairs, at University of Kansas School of Medicine, joins to provide an overview of away rotations and discuss their benefits and the impact they can have on residency applications, matching and students’ free time and finances. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🥼 Visit https://bit.ly/AMA_FREIDA for access to FREIDA, the AMA’s Residency & Fellowship Database, our “Road to Residency” video series and other helpful content.

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