Public Health

Watch on demand: How to fight Ebola in the U.S.

| 1 Min Read

If you missed this weekend’s live streaming of an official update on Ebola, you don’t have to be the only one without the latest information. An archived recording of this address made at the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting now is available for on-demand viewing.

 

Watch Arjun Srinivasan, MD (right), an expert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and captain in the U.S. Public Health Service, discuss how physicians can prepare for and manage Ebola patients in hospital and ambulatory care settings.

Slides of the presentation also are available for download.

Looking for additional Ebola information? Visit the AMA’s Ebola Resource Center for convenient access to materials created by the CDC and other public health experts for physicians and the public.

In addition, an archived recording now is available of U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald’s report on how the nation is making sure that veterans have timely access to the health care they need. 

 

FEATURED STORIES

Crowd from above forming a falling chart

Medicare physician pay has plummeted since 2001. Find out why.

| 6 Min Read
Two health care workers working together on a digital tablet

Effort to end doctor supervision of nurse practitioners fails

| 5 Min Read
Smartphone on fire

Don’t fall for these myths on prior authorization

| 6 Min Read
Physician wearing a stethoscope

Ochsner Health’s in Hurricane Alley, but doctors stay put. Here’s why.

| 9 Min Read