A woman standing outdoors and looking in the distance
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4 MIN READ

How embedded pharmacists improve care for Native American patients

Native American communities face growing inequity in health care, largely due to inadequate access to services. Find out how pharmacists help.

Scope of Practice
Woman holding newborn baby
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3 MIN READ

More new moms are dying in U.S. Here’s how to arrest the trend.

U.S. maternal death rates are rising. The AMA’s president tells Congress about concrete actions that can change course for the better.

Population Care
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15 MIN READ

Sept. 20, 2019: National Advocacy Update

National opioid policy, immigrant family detention issues, the vaping crisis and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
Donald K. Warne, MD, MPH
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4 MIN READ

Native Americans work to grow their own physician workforce

Poverty, education disparities contribute to low Native American medical school enrollment. A program offers a successful pathway for Indians to enter medicine.

Health Equity
Deena Kishawi, Siobhan Wescott, MD, MPH, and Carl G. Streed, Jr., MD, MPH
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11 MIN READ

Gaining trust through shared identity

Three healers are changing not just how medicine treats patients in their minority communities, but also how it treats their peers.

Health Equity
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5 MIN READ

Inequities in maternal mortality must be attacked head-on

The U.S. is one of only three nations where maternal mortality rates are rising, but 60% of these deaths are preventable, AMA president-elect tells Congress.

Population Care
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3 MIN READ

AMA presents government service award to director of Alaska Native Epidemiology Center

The AMA presented Dr. Ellen Provost with the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Public Service.

Press Releases
Kelly Landeen, MD, otolaryngology resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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2 MIN READ

Kelly Landeen, MD: A military family set the example to serve

AMA member Kelly Landeen, MD, learned the importance of service early in life and acts on it by helping patients through advocacy.

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Leadership
Members Move Medicine
Billions go to opioid epidemic.
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4 MIN READ

Billions approved for fight to end opioid epidemic

Omnibus budget bill includes nearly $4 billion for prevention, treatment and enforcement efforts.

Overdose Epidemic