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A provider with Atrium Health’s COVID-19 Virtual Hospital delivers oxygen, IV medications, and other services to a patient in their home. The program has helped more than 17,000 people.

Patient Care

Interest in hospital-at-home programs explodes during COVID… September 29, 2020

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Diversity and Inclusion

Human kidney cross section

Confronting race in diagnosis: Medical students call for reexamining how kidney function is estimated

Bridget Balch, Staff Writer

September 24, 2020

A sea turtle enjoys the company of people again at The Florida Aquarium. Courtesy of The Florida Aquarium.

Community Engagement

A sea turtle enjoys the company of people again at The Florida Aquarium. Courtesy of The Florida Aquarium.

Teaching hospitals help businesses and schools safely reopen — and stay open

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

September 22, 2020

A collage of Hispanic pioneers in Medicine

Diversity and Inclusion

A collage of Hispanic pioneers in Medicine

Celebrating 10 Hispanic pioneers in medicine

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

September 17, 2020

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Advocacy

A question mark with coronavirus molecules

Rumors, confusion, and conspiracies: Can doctors defeat COVID-19 misinformation?

Patrick Boyle, Senior Staff Writer

September 15, 2020

John and Diane Rehm on their 25th wedding anniversary in 1984. John’s death is one of the reasons Rehm is fighting to ensure medical aid in dying.

Patient Care

John and Diane Rehm on their 25th wedding anniversary in 1984. John’s death is one of the reasons Rehm is fighting to ensure medical aid in dying.

Diane Rehm talks about what it means to have “a good death”

Stacy Weiner, Senior Staff Writer

September 14, 2020

Patient Experience

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Medical Education

Two medical students confer in a room

So many medical students, so few clerkship sites

Elaine K. Howley, special to AAMCNews

September 10, 2020

An elderly woman at a nursing home entertains a visitor while maintaining precautions against COVID-19

Patient Care

An elderly woman at a nursing home entertains a visitor while maintaining precautions against COVID-19

Hospitals partner with nursing homes to prevent and fight outbreaks

Bridget Balch, Staff Writer

September 8, 2020

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Perspectives from AAMC experts and thought leaders in academic medicine.

Taiwo Alonge speaks to students and faculty at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City during a teach-in he co-organized during his first year of medical school in 2017.

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Taiwo Alonge speaks to students and faculty at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City during a teach-in he co-organized during his first year of medical school in 2017.

Medical schools, it’s time to get real about becoming anti-racist

Taiwo Alonge

September 23, 2020

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A stethoscope on a rainbow flag

We need more transgender and gender nonbinary doctors

Lala Tanmoy Das

September 1, 2020

People sit on the beach at Baker Beach on May 26, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Beaches across the state have seen large crowds as they have started to slowly reopen.

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People sit on the beach at Baker Beach on May 26, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Beaches across the state have seen large crowds as they have started to slowly reopen.

I’m a contact tracer in San Francisco. You won’t believe the stories I hear.

Allison Wong

August 26, 2020

Kali Cyrus, MD, speaks on intersectionality in gender equity movements at the Time’s Up Convening on Pay Equity in September 2019

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Kali Cyrus, MD, speaks on intersectionality in gender equity movements at the Time’s Up Convening on Pay Equity in September 2019

Why I gave up my dream of leading diversity efforts in medicine

Kali Cyrus, MD, MPH

August 10, 2020

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Innovations in Health Technology: Telehealth

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Delivering more care remotely will be critical as COVID-19 races through communities
Telehealth Helps Close Health Care Disparity Gap in Rural Areas
Teaching Hospitals Lead in Telehealth Adoption