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#Best of 2017 Reinventing Communication
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Improve communication, save time in practice with these methods

Better communication can help physicians, clinics and hospitals improve patient care while making practice less stressful and more efficient.

Prevention & Wellness
Alia Crum, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Stanford University
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Placebo effect may be harnessed to produce better care outcomes

Recent studies reveal that physicians’ gestures, language and level of warmth can have an impact that exceeds patients’ subjective experience of care.

Prevention & Wellness
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
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Innovator finds value in relationship-based primary care model

No codes, no EOBs, no rushed primary care patient visits. That is the vision of Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, co-founder and CEO of Iora Health.

Prevention & Wellness
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Clinicians often misestimate interventions’ harms, benefits

A systematic review finds clinicians regularly overestimate how much tests, treatments and screenings help and underestimate how much they can harm.

Prevention & Wellness
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7 health recommendations for New Year's resolutions

The American Medical Association offers recommendations to ensure a healthy lifestyle in the new year

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Best of 2016: Patients
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The top 5 stories patients should read

These articles will help patients understand dietary guidelines, health disparities, the AMA’s gun-violence policy, and state laws on tobacco purchases.

Prevention & Wellness
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With handoff risk quantified, 3 ways to improve care transitions

Patient handoffs are linked to adverse events. An expert on care transitions says they should be structured and involve patients and families.

Prevention & Wellness
Dr. Jeremy Farrar
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How epidemics take lives and bring global health into focus

A tropical medicine physician talks at TEDMED about his terrifying ordeal at the start of the SARS outbreak in Vietnam.

Infectious Diseases
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AMA adopts new policies to improve health of nation

During its Interim Meeting, the AMA voted to adopt new policies aimed at improving the health of the nation.

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