The Permanente Medical Group is proactively addressing depression and social isolation among preteens through screening, phone apps and therapy.
Innovative Medicare program set to expire at year’s end, but the evidence backs extending it to help patients recover in the comfort of home.
Viruses, malware and hackers pose a threat to patients and physician practices. Find resources to protect patient health records and other data from cyberattacks.
Help your organization improve in important areas of practice, including workflow, teamwork and clinician well-being, with guidance from our physician leaders.
Understand the evolving field of health systems science and acquire the necessary tools and skills to successfully share this approach with medical students.
The goal of the Reimagining Residency grant program is to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system.
If your M1 transition’s been rocky, you’re not alone. Show yourself the same compassion you show classmates, says AMA member Suzanne J. Templer, DO.
Virginia Skiba, MD, of Henry Ford Health, started her career in neurology but switched to sleep medicine after about a decade. Find out why.
To perform at your best on the night shift, resident physicians should follow the evidence on what works. One tip: Drink your java at the right time.
Resident physicians must quickly absorb huge knowledge chunks—and care for patients. You won’t know it all, so here’s how to move forward.
Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.
Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.
ChangeMedEd® is a national conference that brings together leaders and innovators to accelerate change in medical education across the continuum. Learn more.
Build a framework for the implementation of AI in practice during this seven-month shared learning collaborative launching April 2025.
Download PDFs of the proceedings from the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates.
Review the list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Find the agenda PDF, documents and more for the 2024 APS Interim Meeting on Nov. 8 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Orlando, Florida.
Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2024 WPS Interim Meeting on Nov. 8 at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Find a calendar listing the upcoming meetings of the CPT Editorial Panel.
The Office of International Relations works to maintain the AMA’s relationships with national medical associations and global health care organizations.
Medicare is a complicated subject which can be daunting for patients and physicians alike. Here's how the AMA can help your practice be prepared for medicare related issues.
A group of nearly 50 of the nation's largest physician and hospital organizations, including the AMA, Friday asked HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to make the meaningful use program more flexible and give physicians more time to implement software upgrades.
Physicians who participated in Medicare EHR program in 2013 now have until March 31 to attest to the meaningful use requirements, a month later than the original deadline of Feb. 28.
Joint legislation to repeal Medicare's fatally flawed physician payment formula announced Thursday, received AMA support in a call for Congress to fast-track the landmark legislation.
A long-awaited and hard-fought bill to permanently repeal Medicare's fatally flawed SGR formula finally is before Congress, following a milestone announcement Thursday.
Financial constraints and other limitations have left solo practices lagging in adoption of EHR systems, according to a Commonwealth Fund study.
New joint legislation to repeal Medicare’s failed SGR formula is advancing to both chambers of Congress following an agreement announced Thursday.
A new comparison of the three versions of legislation to repeal Medicare's failed SGR formula reveals how each bill would impact laws in place today and how the proposals compare to one another.
