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Stronger background-check system needed for gun purchases

States should require relevant mental health records be reported to national database, the AMA says.

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AMA adopts policy to bolster firearm background checks

AMA calls on states to strengthen their reporting of mental health records to NICS to help prevent firearm injuries and deaths.

Press Releases
Barbara L. McAneny, MD at 2018 AMA Interim Meeting
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AMA president: Create system that values health over money, power

AMA President Barbara L. McAneny, MD, says the AMA is fighting the forces that make the U.S. health system so dysfunctional.

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Top 5 issues to watch at the 2018 AMA Interim Meeting

Track the big issues that physicians, residents and medical students will consider at their meeting Nov. 8–13 in National Harbor, Maryland.

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Sept. 6, 2018: National Advocacy Update

EHR quality metrics, federal background checks for firearms and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Members Move Medicine: Pursuing prevention despite the obstacles

AMA member Megan Ranney, MD, is an emergency physician and researcher who is focusing on the intersection between digital health and violence prevention.

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Members Move Medicine
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Increasing awareness of suicide risks to save lives

The AMA’s new policy calls for physician training on suicide risk assessment, prevention and lethal means safety counseling.

Press Releases
2018 Annual Meeting
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Top 10 stories from the 2018 AMA Annual Meeting

The AMA House of Delegates weighs in on gun violence, health care AI, the cost of health insurance, barriers to opioid-use disorder treatment, and more.

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AMA delegates discuss gun violence at a recent meeting.
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AMA backs common-sense measures to prevent gun injuries, deaths

Delegates back gun-violence restraining orders, tougher background checks and better data collection, among other actions.

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