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AMA COVID-19 Guides for health care professionals

AMA has compiled COVID-19 guides to assist physicians, residents, med students, private practices, health systems and other health care professionals manage the pandemic.

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Eric D. Perakslis, PhD on health data privacy: The good, the bad, the ugly

In this episode of Making the Rounds, chief science and digital officer at the Duke Clinical Research Institute Eric Perakslis, PhD, tackles issues on health data privacy.

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Providing patient care remotely in a pandemic

​​​​​​​Principle IX of the AMA Principles of Medical Ethics provides that physicians should “[s]upport access to care for all people.”

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AMA COVID-19 Guides
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Where to find ethical guidance in a pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has surfaced old and new ethical issues. A new resource aggregates relevant guidance from the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.

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Ethical Practice in Telemedicine

All physicians who participate in telehealth/telemedicine have an ethical responsibility to uphold fundamental fiduciary obligations.

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Telemedicine prompts new ethical ground rules for physicians

With the increasing use of telemedicine, delegates at the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting adopted new policy that outlines ethical ground rules for physicians using these technologies to treat patients.

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AMA adopts new guidance for ethical practice in telemedicine

Ethical guidance is adopted at the AMA's Annual Meeting regarding physicians' interactions with patients via telemedicine.

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3 ways physicians are prepping for telemedicine's success

More than one-half of the country now has laws in place enforcing coverage for telemedicine services, pointing to a growing trend in care delivery—but physicians still must navigate gray areas. Learn three ways physicians are prepping to pave the way for telemedicine to succeed.

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How telemedicine challenges the medical profession

Skeptics worry that the benefits of telemedicine may be outweighed by diminished privacy and security of medical information and loss of the therapeutic value tied to hands-on encounters between patients and their physicians. The December issue of Virtual Mentor, the AMA’s online ethics journal, considers this issue from a variety of angles.

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