AMA Leadership

Next week in Washington: Physicians head to the Hill

We have a responsibility to help educate the people who write and pass laws that affect everything from how we interact with our patients to the records we keep to how we are paid.

Feb 11, 2014 ·

4 MIN READ

Are you listening? Health care industry issues a call for physician leadership

Lately I have been confronted with variations on a theme: The growing call for physician leadership in our changing health care environment.

Feb 4, 2014 ·

ACA roll-out may have its bumps, but we're working toward a stronger future

There’s a lot of uncertainty around health plans sold through the ACA insurance exchanges and how their lack of transparency will impact continuity of patient care.

Jan 28, 2014 ·

Where cost and quality converge: Starting the patient conversation

Patient conversations can be tough. Sometimes, it's hard to communicate to a patient that a particular procedure or treatment option may be unnecessary.

Jan 23, 2014 ·

"A lot less of House, MD, and more of Car Talk": A peek at medicine's future

Renowned diagnostician Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD, says physicians can learn valuable lessons from Click and Clack, longtime hosts of the popular Car Talk radio program.

Jan 21, 2014 ·

How the AMA is easing physicians' regulatory loads

We physicians are part of so many powerful stories: Stories of injuries healed, cancers overcome and chronic conditions brought under control. But there’s another story happening behind the scenes of clinical care that others need to hear.

Jan 14, 2014 ·

2 MIN READ

Telescoping 50 years: Smoking report anniversary makes us look back—and ahead

With the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health commemorated this weekend, we have quite an outlook.

Jan 7, 2014 ·

AMA in the trenches: Combating drug overdose while managing patients' pain

One of the most important outcomes from the AMA Interim Meeting was a renewed focus on responsible prescribing and use of prescription pain medication.