American Medical AssociationMedicine What clinical ethics can learn from decision scienceAmerican Medical Association - Staff News Writer While there is disciplinary diversity in bioethics, it is limited. Other disciplines that could improve the quality of bioethics in its clinical and …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Surprise medical bills: Physicians want market-based fixesAmerican Medical Association - Kevin B. O'Reilly What’s the news: The AMA and 110 other organizations representing hundreds of thousands of American physicians are urging Congress to refine surprise …
American Medical AssociationMedicine AMA Silicon Valley venture out to clean up medicine's data messAmerican Medical Association - Andis Robeznieks To help solve health care’s problems, the AMA has gone to Silicon Valley, the place where problem-solvers and entrepreneurs meet. “We’re not out there …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Members Move Medicine: Striving to continually educate patientsAmerican Medical Association - Staff News Writer The AMA “Members Move Medicine” series profiles a wide variety of doctors, offering a glimpse into the passions of women and men navigating new …
American Medical AssociationLGBTQ+ What doctors should know to better serve LGBTQ patientsAmerican Medical Association - Staff News Writer Inclusion is more than a buzzword. It can be an important way to develop trust and provide care for vulnerable groups, such as LGBTQ patients. Due to …
American Medical AssociationMedicine A medical resident’s guide to gifts from industryAmerican Medical Association - Brendan Murphy The medical industry and the people working in it are destined to have shared interests. In fact, 94% of physicians have some sort of relationship …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Join the medical school conversationAmerican Medical Association Register for upcoming webinars, view past webinars, visit our online community, participate in panel discussions or contribute to the conversation …
American Medical AssociationMedicine 4 steps for medical assistants to help improve BP controlAmerican Medical Association - Sara Berg For the largest health system in Illinois, the typical patient with hypertension is a white female in her 60s who is a Medicare beneficiary. With …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Physician contracting: What to know before you signAmerican Medical Association - Staff News Writer What are the key factors when evaluating a potential employer? And how can you go about collecting that information? In an episode of the AMA’s …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Are medical school service scholarships right for you?American Medical Association - Brendan Murphy The most popular public-service scholarship programs that pay for your medical school up front require a commitment on the back end, which comes in …
American Medical AssociationMedicine How a medical school mentor can shape your careerAmerican Medical Association - Brendan Murphy Beginning a career in medicine as a first-year medical student can be overwhelming. That makes having a roster of mentors who can help guide you …
American Medical AssociationHealth More than 1,100 health care organizations earn BP-control honorAmerican Medical Association - Sara Berg With more than half of heart-disease and stroke deaths happening among people with high blood pressure (BP), there is a need for physician practices …
American Medical AssociationExercise Why your patients with prediabetes might benefit from interval trainingAmerican Medical Association - Sara Berg Being more active is an important part of treatment for patients with prediabetes. Exercise is one of the simplest and most effective ways to bring …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Kaplan USMLE Step 2 prep: What is most likely diagnosis?American Medical Association - Staff News Writer If you’re preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 exam, you might want to know which questions are most often …
American Medical AssociationCompensation Physician contracting: What to look for in pay, benefitsAmerican Medical Association - Staff News Writer How much money should you expect to make on your first contract? And what are some of the key benefits that should be included in your compensation …
American Medical AssociationMindfulness Feeling stressed? Overloaded? There's an app to help with that.American Medical Association - Sara Berg High levels of work stress have major implications on a person’s daily life leading to job strain, which is associated with worse mental and physical …
American Medical AssociationMedicine USMLE Step 2 prep: What is most likely diagnosis?American Medical Association - Staff News Writer If you’re preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 exam, you might want to know which questions are most often …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Emergency departments save 25,000 lives, $55 million. Here’s how.American Medical Association - Tanya Albert Henry Emergency departments across the nation are delivering better care for patients with sepsis and chest pain, improving opioid prescribing and ordering …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Members Move Medicine: Helping as many people as he canAmerican Medical Association - Staff News Writer The AMA “Members Move Medicine” series profiles a wide variety of doctors, offering a glimpse into the passions of women and men navigating new …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Ban on standard D&E abortion procedure is unsafe, unwarrantedAmerican Medical Association - Staff News Writer A successful appeal by Kentucky to reinstate its struck-down abortion statute would put patients at serious and unnecessary risk, argues an amicus …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Interstate medical licensure by the numbersAmerican Medical Association - Andis Robeznieks The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) was designed to facilitate the growth of telemedicine while preserving state regulation of medical …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Role reversal: Physician participates in diabetes prevention programAmerican Medical Association - Sara Berg We hear about patients in diabetes prevention programs (DPP) and how they can get involved. But what if the roles were reversed and the physician …
American Medical AssociationMedicine 6 misconceptions that hold back adoption of team-based careAmerican Medical Association - Sara Berg When physicians are diverted from activities that add the most value, patient care suffers. To reinvigorate primary care, there is a new team model …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Match: How students can flip the script during residency interviewsAmerican Medical Association - Brendan Murphy As a medical student, your approach to residency interviews should come with a plan on how to respond to certain questions as well as a plan about …
American Medical AssociationCybersecurity 5 things you didn’t know about health care cybersecurityAmerican Medical Association - Andis Robeznieks Criminals value medical files because of the amount of exploitable financial and personal information they contain and the growing potential that …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Improving electronic health recordsAmerican Medical Association Electronic health records (EHR)—the digital version of a patient's information—are secure, transferrable records with incredible potential to improve …
American Medical AssociationHealth Validating digital health innovationsAmerican Medical Association Several AMA initiatives are aligning physician perspectives with the digital solutions proposed by today's tech health community. Physicians can …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Digital health paymentAmerican Medical Association AMA initiatives work to secure coverage and payment for digital health solutions including supporting the development of appropriate CPT® codes to …
American Medical AssociationMedicine Physicians increasingly face “hybrid” medical liability claimsAmerican Medical Association - Tanya Albert Henry California physicians are increasingly facing “hybrid” lawsuits alleging professional negligence as well as medical battery from plaintiffs who want …
