2024 Annual Meeting of the HOD
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33 MIN READ

Highlights from the 2024 AMA Annual Meeting

Catch up with the news and key moments as the House of Delegates bolsters the AMA's work on Medicare pay, scope creep, prior authorization and more. 

Annual Meeting

Help Move Medicine

Medicine doesn’t stand still, and neither do we. AMA members don’t just keep up with medicine—they shape its future.

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7 MIN READ

Home-recovery program leads to 44% reduction in readmission rate

Marshfield Clinic was an early adopter of the hospital-at-home idea that improves outcomes. Now Congress must act to boost it in every health system.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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11 MIN READ

How 17 health systems rose to meet the moment in 2023

Burnout. Inflation. Staff shortages. Medicare pay cuts. They all hit this year. Learn how these health systems responded to drive medicine’s future.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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4 MIN READ

One key to success as a woman physician leader: Authenticity

Retiring Marshfield Clinic Health System CEO Susan Turney, MD, says women physicians should stay true to themselves. Learn more with the AMA.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
AMA Update for Sept. 5, 2023: Marshfield Clinic CEO Susan Turney, MD, on her career as a woman physician leader in health care
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9 MIN READ

Marshfield Clinic CEO Susan Turney, MD on her career as a woman physician leader in health care

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about one physician leader's journey and women in medicine.

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Health Equity
AMA Update
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9 MIN READ

Marshfield Clinic CEO Susan Turney, MD on her career as a woman physician leader in health care [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about one physician leader's journey and women in medicine.

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Health Equity
AMA Update Podcast
Alpa Shah, MD

Alpa Shah, MD

Alpa Shah, MD, serves as member at-large on the Integrated Physician Practices Section Governing Council at the American Medical Association.

Integrated Physician Practices
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4 MIN READ

How this physician leader helps bring hospital care to the home

Geisinger’s Narayana Murali, MD, says hospital-at-home care prevents readmissions and ED visits for patients—particularly those in rural areas.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
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3 MIN READ

COVID-19’s impact ripples across 18 conditions after initial illness

Study of more than 250,000 patients shows rise in use of health care services in the six months following initial acute infection. Learn more.

Public Health