This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about the evolution of electronic health records in street health care practice. The featured guest is Brett Feldman, the Director and…
Electronic health records are now critical in day-to-day health care operations. A drawback to using them, however, is that they tend to divert clinicians’ focus from patients to a screen. This phenomenon has generated a colloquial reference to patient-screen pairings…
Since health care organizations implemented widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), clinicians’ notes about patients’ care have become longer and more cumbersome, a phenomenon colloquially known as “note bloat.” Bulky templates and blocks of data take time to sort…
This commentary on a case analyzes how integrating ambient listening and transcription technologies powered by artificial intelligence into the electronic health record documentation process influences documentation practices and clinical encounters. The commentary offers best-practice recommendations for informed consent processes and…
This case report describes a woman in her 50s who presented for evaluation of fatigue and exertional dyspnea.
This case report describes a 73-year-old man with a type B aortic dissection and quadriplegia.
This JAMA Insights examines the efficacy, adverse effects, and best approach to combining metabolic and bariatric surgery with weight loss medications for the treatment of obesity.
Importance Since the start of the 21st century, more than 800 000 firearm deaths and more than 2 million firearm injuries have occurred in the US. All categories of firearm violence—homicide, suicide, unintentional—result in reverberating harms to individuals, families, communities, and society….
Advance care planning is a billable, face-to-face service between a physician (or other provider) and a patient and/or surrogate to discuss and make known the patient’s health care wishes in case the patient becomes unable to make health care decisions…
CMS defines a template as a “tool/instrument/interface that assists in documenting a progress note.” Physicians and other licensed independent providers routinely create their own and may even collaborate with other colleagues and care team members to develop effective templates. However,…
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