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6 Min Read

Boost primary care at home with a “medicine cabinet autopsy”

Atlantic Health System’s innovative care-at-home efforts keep older adults out of the hospital. They start by doing inventory on all the Rx bottles.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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6 Min Read

“Telehealth is for everyone” is guiding light at Henry Ford Health

Learn how the Detroit-based health system works to ensure older patients can virtually connect with their doctors to better manage chronic conditions.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
Senior man sorting prescription medications at kitchen table
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New Rx for older adults: Boost the dose on lifestyle change

Physicians often counsel older adults broadly on healthy lifestyle choices, but prescribing specific actions can make a bigger dent in chronic illness.

Population Health
Patient speaking to physician during a telehealth conference
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6 Min Read

4 ways Henry Ford Health drives digital equity for older adults

The Detroit-based health system is making sure that older adults with limited digital literacy or access also see telehealth’s benefits.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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2 Min Read

AMA: Patients, physicians continue to endure Medicare cuts

The AMA expressed disappointment today that the spending bill includes Medicare cuts.

Press Releases
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AMA: Congress fails seniors, physicians by ignoring Medicare cuts

Congress misses an opportunity to nix serious Medicare cuts.

Press Releases
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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of Dec. 4, 2023

In the news: Coadministration of flu, RSV vaccines safe for older adults, hypertension “concordant” in spouses, CDC issues warning on deadly mpox subtype and more.

Publications & Newsletters
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Congressional action is needed—now—on Medicare payment reform

Older adults everywhere, and the physicians who care for them, are counting on Congress to prevent yet another round of Medicare payment cuts.

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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2 Min Read

How geriatric psychiatry can provide care that older adults deserve

Pervasive ageism and workforce shortage concerns raise contemporary clinical and ethical questions on mental health care of older adults. Learn more.

Ethics