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.
The AMA Journal of Ethics is a monthly journal that consists of articles focused on the ethical issues of health care professionals. Read more on ethics on the AMA.
Treating patients with intellectual disabilities can raise ethical questions. The AMA Journal of Ethics™ explores how to foster compassionate patient-centered care, as well as handle reproductive and sexual health care issues.
The practice of medicine can raise ethical and legal concepts. How should physicians address the treatment of undocumented patients, unauthorized use of DNA, and protecting health information?
Organ transplants can raise many ethical questions for physicians working to save lives. How should physicians deal with disparities in access, patients who have liver disease, and compromised organs?
The opinions of family members can affect a patient’s decisions about medical care. How can a physician respect the patient’s wishes while including family members in health care? Articles provide insights into patient-and family-centered care.
AMA President Steven J. Stack, MD, reflected on the patient-physician relationship is crucial to effective treatment. Learn some of the ways physicians put patients first and advanced their medical care this year.
What should the ethics of clinical research look like as biomedical science advances? The December issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics explores the roles of physicians and patients in improving the art and science of medicine in the 21st century.
Medicine is entering the era of high-value care—and physician stewardship is at its core. Should a physician provide care that may only be marginally beneficial because a patient requests it? Learn about other questions and physicians’ ethical obligations in managing health care resources.
Each day physicians treat patients of all ethnicities and backgrounds who face limitations in their ability to access health care and receive quality treatment. Physicians must be dedicated to ensuring that non-medically relevant differences do not alter how patients are treated or the care they receive.
The malignancies treated in the subspecialty of gynecologic oncology often are aggressive, recurrent and incurable. Many ethical concerns relate to the fact they frequently occur in young women, and their prevention and treatment entail radical surgeries and side effects that can alter the remainder of a woman’s life.
