Perspectives with the AMA

Host: Alexandria May, PharmD, BCPS

Guest: Jennifer Cluett, MD

Accurate home blood pressure monitoring is vital for effective hypertension care, and the AMA’s Validated Device Listing (VDL) helps clinicians and patients confidently select devices that meet rigorous international accuracy standards. Learn more about how the VDL ensures device reliability and the importance of proper measurement techniques with Drs. Alexandria May and Jennifer Cluett. Not only is Dr. Cluett an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, but she also served on the Independent Review Committee for the U.S. Blood Pressure Validated Device Listing and is a current member of the AMA’s VDL Advisory Group.

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Jeff Brandes

By embedding evidence-based metrics directly into existing workflows, the partnership between the American Medical Association (AMA) and Azara Healthcare supports providers in proactively managing hypertension. To learn more about how integrating the AMA MAP™ Hypertension Quality Improvement Program into Azara’s population health tools empowers clinicians to seamlessly deliver guideline-driven care, Dr. Charles Turck speaks with Mr. Jeff Brandes, President and CEO of Azara Healthcare.

Host: Mary Katherine Cheeley, PharmD, BCPS, CLS, FNLA

Guest: Faiyaz Syed MD, MPH

The Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA) recently partnered with the AMA to implement the AMA MAP™ Hypertension Quality Improvement Program at two pilot health centers. After this collaboration resulted in a 6 percent improvement in hypertension control, it’s now expanding to all other MPCA health centers and could even focus on other conditions like diabetes. Joining Dr. Mary Katherine Cheeley to share his experience with the AMA MAP™ program is Dr. Faiyaz Syed, Chief Medical Officer for the MPCA.

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Emily Reidenbach, PharmD, MBA

Grace Health in Michigan recently implemented the AMA MAP™ Hypertension Quality Improvement Program, and now, pharmacists play a much bigger role in helping both providers and patients. In fact, pharmacists have been able to improve adherence and outcomes through education, patient-centered care, and the use of single-pill combinations. Here with Dr. Charles Turck to share her experience with the AMA MAP™ Hypertension program is Dr. Emily Reidenbach, a pharmacist at Grace Health in Michigan.

Host: Gates B. Colbert, MD

Guest: Michael Cui, MD, MBA, MS

Rush University Medical Center officially launched the AMA MAP™ Hypertension quality improvement program in March of 2022, and since then, blood pressure control has increased by up to 4 percent, impacting hundreds of patients. Joining Dr. Gates Colbert to talk about the implementation and impacts of the AMA MAP™ hypertension program at Rush University Medical Center is Dr. Michael Cui, Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and the Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP

Guest: Willie Lawrence, MD

Since implementing the AMA MAP™ Hypertension quality improvement program at Corewell Health, Dr. Willie Lawrence has been able to identify the factors influencing the institution’s blood pressure control rates and optimize their approach. And now Dr. Lawrence is here with Dr. Brian McDonough to share how the program works and how it’s impacted patient care. Dr. Lawrence is the Executive Sponsor of the AMA MAP™ Hypertension Program at Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP

Guest: Willie Lawrence, MD

Since implementing the AMA MAP™ Hypertension quality improvement program at Corewell Health, Dr. Willie Lawrence has been able to identify the factors influencing the institution’s blood pressure control rates and optimize their approach. And now Dr. Lawrence is here with Dr. Brian McDonough to share how the program works and how it’s impacted patient care. Dr. Lawrence is the Executive Sponsor of the AMA MAP™ Hypertension Program at Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Credit for the Supplemental Video Footage to Corewell Health

Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO

Guest: Chantal Tinfang, MD

Guest: Kesha Love, MSN, RN

The AMA MAP™ Hypertension program is designed to enable physicians and care teams to achieve rapid and sustained improvements in blood pressure control among their patients with hypertension. In the fall of 2020, Cook County Health, which is one of the largest public health systems in the country based in Chicago, collaborated with the AMA to implement this program, and here to share the results with Dr. Jennifer Caudle are Dr. Chantal Tinfang and Ms. Kesha Love. Dr. Tinfang is an attending physician of family medicine at Provident Hospital at Cook County Sengstacke Primary Care Clinic, and Ms. Love is a registered nurse and Director of Health Information Technology Interoperability Services at Cook County Health.

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Sandy Marks

Guest: Kim Horvath, JD

Guest: Kyle Thomson, JD

With telehealth services expanding during the COVID-19 pandemic, has our access to them changed? To better understand this, Dr. Charles Turck meets with Sandy Marks, Kim Horvath, and Kyle Thomson from the AMA to explore what’s been done to provide Medicare coverage during a public health emergency and what’s on the horizon for telehealth access.

Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Emily Carroll, JD, MSW

The No Surprises Act aims to protect consumers from surprise medical bills. But how exactly does it go about doing that, and what’s the current status of its implementation? Joining Dr. Charles Turck to share progress and challenges associated with the No Surprises Act is Ms. Emily Carroll, a senior legislative attorney for the American Medical Association's Advocacy Resource Center.