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The AMA Can Help Fix the Health Care Shortages it Helped Create

Bill Of Health

And the maldistribution of physicians — with far too few pursuing primary care or working in rural areas — is arguably an even bigger problem. Moreover, the AMA’s own Workforce Explorer tool suggests that NPs are playing a vital role in expanding access to care. Recently, Derek Thompson pointed out in the Atlantic that the U.S.

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Transitional Care: How Can We Make it Better for Patients?

Healthcare Leadership

Over the past decade we have seen more and more specialization and levels of care introduced. We now have telehealth visits, retail clinics, direct-primary-care, and more. Issues with Transitional Care When a poor transition happens, patients suffer. More fragmentation = more transitions. Naylor M, Keating SA.