Peer support programs for physicians
Peer support in clinical medicine is crucial during times of significant stress and an essential component of this cultural change within a health care organization. This module is designed help health care organizations establish a peer support program to mitigate the emotional impact of stressful events on physicians and clinical teams.
Patient portal optimization
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The pandemic requires the use of technology that empowers patients as partners in care while practicing physical distancing with their physician and care teams. Patient portals are one option that can benefit both patients and physicians by improving communication, accessibility and efficiency that can reduce office visits and provide a means to more coordinated and less expensive care. This module offer five step for patient portal optimization that can improve a remote partnership between patients and their treating physicians.
The five new modules are among a collection of more than 60 others available in the AMA STEPS Forward™ series that cover transformative medical practice solutions in key areas such as practice efficiency, patient care, patient health, as well as technology and innovation. The STEPS Forward series is accessible through the AMA Ed Hub™ online leaning platform containing education from trusted sources, including JAMA Network™, American College of Radiology, Obesity Medicine Association, Society of Hospital Medicine, AMA Journal of Ethics® and more.
In addition to the new modules, the AMA is offering two free surveys to help health care organizations monitor the impact COVID-19 has on their workforce during this pandemic. The surveys can be used to track trends in stress levels, identify specific drivers of stress, and develop supportive infrastructures based on these drivers.
"The AMA survey can help leaders within health care organizations understand the critical sources of anxiety and stress, assure health care professionals that their concerns are recognized, and work to develop approaches that mitigate concerns to the extent that they are able," said Dr. Bailey.
Other AMA resources can help physicians manage their own mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides practical strategies for health system leadership to consider in support of their physicians and care teams during COVID-19.
The AMA continues to work on every front to support physician health and well-being. Through our research, collaborations, advocacy and leadership, the AMA is working to make the patient‐physician relationship more valued than paperwork, preventive care the focus of the future, technology an asset and not a burden, and physician burnout a thing of the past.
