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AMA offers resources for front-line physicians


 

The American Medical Association is offering on its website various published resources to assist physicians on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The literature include news, advocacy, and other information to help front-line physicians provide care to patients and keep themselves safe “in a rapidly changing environment,” the organization said in a statement.

“The AMA continues to forcefully advocate for [personal protective equipment] and critical policy and regulatory changes needed to address our public health and health system needs. Because so many of the challenges of the pandemic are felt at a practice level, we are also providing new tools and information to help physicians respond,” AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, said in the statement.

The COVID-19 physician and practice resources released by the AMA include:

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