HealthLeaders Media July 1, 2020
Breaking down barriers that are disrupting the physician-patient relationship is a top priority for Susan Bailey, MD.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– New AMA President Susan Bailey, MD, says impediments to the physician-patient relationship include prior authorization from payers, payment policies, and burnout.
– Bailey hopes the expansion of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic is a permanent change in healthcare.
– During the pandemic, she says the primary priorities for physicians are the safe and effective treatment of coronavirus patients as well as continuing non-coronavirus care such as chronic disease management.
With the worst pandemic in a century punctuating her recent inauguration as president of the American Medical Association, Susan Bailey, MD, is bracing for a momentous one-year term.
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