AMA Leadership

Standing together, physicians welcome and lead change: AMA CEO

“The American health care system evolves at a pace that would not have seemed possible not too long ago,” AMA Executive Vice President and CEO James L. Madara, MD, said in his address Saturday at the 2015 AMA Interim Meeting.

Nov 9, 2015 ·

Now comes the hard part: Turning national attention into action

We know that more than 24,000 Americans die from a prescription opioid or heroin-related overdose every year. Last month in Charleston, the president, the AMA and dozens of national and local organizations from across the country pledged to take action.

Nov 5, 2015 ·

AMA members take on new med ed leadership roles

These AMA members were recently appointed by external organizations to leadership positions. These individuals were nominated by the AMA to the respective organizations. Each organization made the final appointment decision from among the candidates it received:

Oct 19, 2015 ·

2 MIN READ

Two AMA leaders elected to National Academy of Medicine—find out who

The National Academy of Medicine has announced the election of 80 new members in the United States and internationally. Among these are the editor-in-chief of JAMA and the AMA group vice president for medical education.

Oct 6, 2015 ·

5 MIN READ

3 ways technology is changing medical education

As part of the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative, a number of medical schools have developed leading-edge technologies that could be implemented on a wider scale and begin to transform medical education.

Oct 1, 2015 ·

6 MIN READ

Guarding the patient-physician relationship amidst seismic change

AMA President Steven J. Stack, MD, addressed the seismic changes occurring in our health care system and how important it is that the centrality of the patient-physician relationship is not compromised in the midst of this transformation.

Aug 25, 2015 ·

5 MIN READ

Stories from the field: How physicians feel about meaningful use

Since the town hall event hosted by the AMA and Medical Association of Georgia last month, physicians’ stories about burdensome meaningful use requirements and cumbersome electronic health record systems have been pouring in.

Aug 14, 2015 ·

4 MIN READ

When “Shark Tank” and health tech meet, innovation thrives

As the AMA representative with the eHealth Initiative (eHi), I participated in the iTHRIVE Challenge, a shark tank style event, where entrepreneurs took to the stage to pitch their best health tech ideas. We received 60 “pitches” for health tech innovation.

Jul 29, 2015 ·

What physicians can do to stop the opioid overdose epidemic

Physicians see people affected by the opioid overdose epidemic on a regular basis. Eliminating this public health epidemic means learning what we can do to deliver compassionate, high-quality and personalized care to those in acute and chronic pain.