Enhance support for your physicians with AMA Group Membership

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Radiologists reviewing a scan
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Path to better imaging utilization is clear: straight talk

Patients should only be exposed to radiation when needed. A program featuring tailored messages for patients and physicians has boosted high-yield imaging orders by 22%.

Sustainability
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4 MIN READ

Get ready for AI in health care: Here is the outlook

Enthusiasm for augmented intelligence is tempered by memories of the EHR rollout, which has created an urgency to “do it right, from the start.”

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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These are 2019’s most influential clinical executives

A leading health care trade publication has released its list of top 50 clinical executives. Twenty-one share a common trait: AMA membership.

Leadership
Physician talking with a smiling patient
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Patients love open EHR notes. How to put them into practice

New research adds to evidence that using OpenNotes builds trust and engages patients. The AMA has guidance on how to implement the information-sharing tool.

Physician-Patient Relationship
AMA Immediate Past President Barbara L. McAneny, MD, AMA President Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, and AMA President-Elect Susan R. Bailey, MD
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Susan R. Bailey, MD, wins office of AMA president-elect

The Texas allergist and immunologist is the third woman in a row to hold the office. Learn about other AMA leaders elected at the 2019 AMA Annual Meeting.

AMA Elections
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In rural Midwest, a telehealth community thrives

Serving more than a million Wisconsin residents, Marshfield Clinic Health System has seamlessly expanded the boundaries of telemedicine for more than twenty years.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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Pennsylvania-based orthopaedic surgeon elected to AMA Board of Trustees

The AMA announced the election of Michael Suk, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., an orthopaedic surgeon based in Danville, Penn., to its Board of Trustees.

Press Releases
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8 transformative residency-training projects awarded AMA grants

Interprofessional team-based care, rural health disparities and resident well-being among areas tackled in the GME efforts.

Improve GME
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How to make the organizational case for a diabetes prevention program

To provide a lifestyle-change program for people with prediabetes, leaders presented supporting data to key organizational stakeholders. This is how numbers helped.

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Diabetes
Health System Spotlight