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.
Also known as peripheral vascular disease, this condition causes leg pain, cramping and numbness. Charles Leithead, MD, of Ochsner Health shares more.
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about how one physician leader's work is reducing in-basket burden.
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.
Virginia Skiba, MD, of Henry Ford Health, started her career in neurology but switched to sleep medicine after about a decade. Find out why.
M4s can gain insight on life in a physician residency program by asking current residents about scheduling, culture, work-life balance and more.
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.
Review the list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
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.
Impressions from the 2024 Interim Meeting, creating leadership opportunities for young physicians, the formation of the Informatics Caucus and more.
Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2024 PPPS Interim Meeting on Nov.8 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
Find a calendar listing the upcoming meetings of the CPT Editorial Panel.
In the news: Half U.S. adults eligible for semaglitude, low vaccination rates for respiratory season, 1 in 10 has high cholesterol and more.
Find news and information from the Special Meetings of the AMA House of Delegates (HOD), which were held virtually from 2020-2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for June 2021.
Catch up with the news and other key moments from the AMA House of Delegates' virtual meeting, which ran June 11¬16.
U.S. medicine still doesn’t resemble the American populace. It’s time to acknowledge historic exclusion and fill educational opportunity gaps, delegates say.
Report outlines practices and interventions that can increase racial, ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic diversity among the physician work force.
With more Americans getting vaccinated daily, AMA delegates gathered virtually to shape a post-pandemic future that’s stronger and more equitable.
80-hour weeks, massive debts pose challenges for residents on child care, transportation and more. AMA calls on residency programs for assistance.
Policies include employee benefits for medical trainees, protection of residents and fellows during COVID-19.
The AMA wants to reduce some of the barriers that make it harder for international medical graduates (IMGs) to help fill the nation’s health care needs.
AMA introduces 21 members of its Board of Trustees for 2021-22.
