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December

� Connected Coverage: Inside look at physicians' embrace of tablet computers - Dec. 26
� Connected Coverage: Physicians examine new landscape of ACOs - Dec. 19
� Discussion: Comprehensive approach needed to end drug shortages - Dec. 12
� Letter: Poor health habits threaten our capacity for medical care - Dec. 12
� Chair's midterm review: Change brings opportunities - Dec. 12
� Connected Coverage: Physician office visits on the decline as even sick, insured patients delay care - Dec. 5

November

� Discussion: Hiring veterans is a real way to honor their service - Nov. 28
� Letter: Changing reference ranges needlessly alarms patients with results in hand - Nov. 28
� ACO changes show the power of organized medicine - Nov. 28
� Connected Coverage: Doctors strike balance when treating pain and preventing prescription abuse - Nov. 21
� Discussion: Efficient claims handling: A gift that keeps on giving - Nov. 14
� Letter: Physicians need to lead the way by getting the influenza vaccine - Nov. 14
� AMA keeps its focus on the doctor-patient relationship - Nov. 14
� Connected Coverage: Getting patients to take medication is no easy task - Nov. 7

October

� Discussion: Medicaid patient access at stake in high court case - Oct. 31
� Letter: Patients put themselves at risk when they interpret lab results - Oct. 31
� Overeating season signals time to face unhealthy habits - Oct. 31
� What editorial writers are saying about the Kaiser health insurance report - Oct. 24
� Discussion: Medicare project promotes coordinated care - Oct. 17
� Letter: To stay well, don't touch the T zone - Oct. 17
� AMA offers solid, useful resources for disaster response - Oct. 17
� What editorial writers are saying about the latest government-shutdown scare - Oct. 10
� Discussion: Antitrust rules handcuff physician-led delivery models - Oct. 3
� Letter: New approach is needed for health care-related injuries - Oct. 3
� Academic medicine linked to core of the AMA's mission - Oct. 3

September

� What editorial writers are saying about Obama's delay of air-quality standards - Sept. 26
� Discussion: Take us along with our mobile edition - Sept. 19
� Discussion: Medicare e-prescribing still too rigid - Sept. 19
� JAMA editor takes reins in a new communication age - Sept. 19
� What editorial writers are saying about vaccines - Sept. 12
� Discussion: Physician report cards must give correct grades - Sept. 5
� Letter: Promote and support breastfeeding as right start to proper nutrition - Sept. 5
� Medicare turning retirees into new "medical tourists" - Sept. 5

August

� What editorial writers are saying about the individual mandate ruling - Aug. 29
� What editorial writers are saying about mandatory insurance coverage for birth control - Aug. 22
� Discussion: Time for new policy on environmental risk - Aug. 15
� Letter: Online publishing will quicken debate - Aug. 15
� Physicians have the expertise to get delivery systems right - Aug. 15
� What editorial writers are saying about the debt-ceiling deal - Aug. 8
� Discussion: Poor report cards tell insurers to do their homework - Aug. 1
� Letter: Florida stance correct on doctors asking about guns in the home - Aug. 1
� Simple things that make a difference to patient safety - Aug. 1
� Letter: Florida stance correct on doctors asking about guns in the home - Aug. 1
� Letter: Letters to the Editor - Aug. 1, 2011 - Aug. 1

July

� What editorial writers are saying about the obesity epidemic - July 25
� Letter: Halt and rethink the burdensome maintenance-of-certification process - July 18
� Letter: Patients don't choose to be obese - July 18
� Discussion: Fight against obesity should start early in life - July 18
� Change is opportunity as we face an array of challenges - July 18
� What editorial writers are saying about new cigarette warnings - July 11
� Discussion: Demographic data: Reducing disparities starts with a question - July 4
� Letter: Time clock is an unwelcome presence - July 4
� Gift of healing requires knowledge, empathy, integrity - July 4

June

� What editorial writers are saying about MyPlate, the new USDA nutritional guidelines - June 27
� What editorial writers are saying about a possible link between cell phones and cancer - June 20
� Discussion: A necessary dose of e-prescribing flexibility - June 13
� Letter: At this practice, experience with EMR left very much to be desired - June 13
� What editorial writers are saying about the politics of Medicare - June 6

May

� Letter: Quick course in phone know-how - May 30
� Discussion: Partnership for Patients an investment in safety - May 30
� What editorial writers are saying about the GOP shift on Medicare - May 23
� Letter: Oncologist pay illustrates flaw in posting Medicare billing data - May 16
� Letter: Meaningful use is a concept that could be applied to patients - May 16
� Letter: AMA should educate Congress on the dangers of climate change - May 16
� Letter: Do not link Maine Lyme disease increase with climate change - May 16
� Letter: As public health issue, AMA "must engage the climate deniers head on" - May 16
� Discussion: App Challenge in sync with physician health IT needs - May 16
� Doctors play major roles in politics, but never as usual - May 16
� What editorial writers are saying about plans to reduce the federal deficit - May 9
� Discussion: Abolish burdensome regulations - May 2
� Letter: EMRs "expensive, difficult to implement and laborious to use" - May 2
� It's everyone's responsibility to have "skin in the game" - May 2

April

� What editorial writers are saying about Planned Parenthood funding - April 25
� Discussion: Doctors driving an economic engine - April 18
� Letter: EMRs will result in denial of care - April 18
� It is the best of times for today's medical graduates - April 18
� What editorial writers are saying about health reform's one-year anniversary - April 11
� Letter: Health reform repeal vote symbolizes "blind and unfocused rage" - April 4
� Letter: "Dr. Internet" not a worthy colleague - April 4
� Discussion: Confronting health issues of climate change - April 4
� The latest challenge: adopting electronic medical records - April 4
� Letter: "Dr. Internet" not a worthy colleague - April 4

March

� What editorial writers are saying about state proposals to cut or reform Medicaid - March 28
� Discussion: Unauthorized medicine: Leave important clinical testing to the professionals - March 21
� Letter: Need for effective impairment interventions and mandated treatments extends to attorneys, too - March 21
� Stewardship of health care more than mere juggling act - March 21
� What editorial writers are saying about House budget cuts to Planned Parenthood - March 14
� Letter: E-prescribing penalty a bad sign - March 7
� Letter: Headline on new Medicare board sends the wrong message - March 7
� Discussion: Human gene patents limit access to care - March 7
� AMA joins with business to cut administrative waste - March 7

February

� What editorial writers are saying about Obama's fiscal 2012 budget - Feb. 28
� Letter: Don't trim education for primary care - Feb. 21
� Letter: Compensated organ donors have a right to their decisions - Feb. 21
� Discussion: Make professional credentials unmistakable for patients - Feb. 21
� Medical liability reform: The time for action is now - Feb. 21
� What editorial writers are saying about Judge Vinson's health reform ruling - Feb. 14
� Discussion: Medical liability: health reform's next step - Feb. 7
� Letter: Improve childhood nutrition by barring junk food from food stamp program - Feb. 7
� Teaming up for wellness, prevention -- and saving money - Feb. 7

January

� What editorial writers are saying about mental health after the Arizona shootings - Jan. 31
� Discussion: Revise unfair e-prescribing penalty - Jan. 24
� Letter: Physician assistant: Level of care provided by PAs and NPs very similar - Jan. 24
� End-of-life talks difficult but shouldn't be avoided - Jan. 24
� What editorial writers are saying about repealing health system reform - Jan. 17
� Letter: Want more primary care? Pay for it - Jan. 10
� Letter: History lesson on Nazi medicine speaks to modern times - Jan. 10
� Discussion: Much-welcome relief from red flags rule - Jan. 10
� Facing shortage, we can't just pull doctors out of a hat - Jan. 10
� What editorial writers are saying about the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act - Jan. 3

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