See how Target: BP, a collaboration between the AMA and AHA, aims to reduce the number of Americans who have heart attacks and strokes.
Learn more about physicians’ actions toward ending the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic—and what still needs to be done. Download PDF of the Overdose Epidemic Report.
The AMA Physician Innovation Network (PIN) is a community seeking to help make technology work for physicians, care teams and patients.
There’s bipartisan backing to reform prior authorization in Medicare Advantage as House majority cosponsors key bill. Learn what comes next.
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.
M4s can gain insight on life in a physician residency program by asking current residents about scheduling, culture, work-life balance and more.
Letters to Congress offer medical students an avenue to influence health policy. Keys include telling your patients’ stories and making your ask.
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.
AMA participates in health care conferences and events held throughout the U.S.A. as well as internationally.
The AMA has long been an advocate for women's health since its founding. Stay up-to-date on the latest medical findings, public health news and policies.
In the news: Tech outage grinds health care to a halt, coaching decreases physician burnout, twice yearly shot prevents HIV, HHS restructures ONC and more.
ONC added privacy protections for reproductive health in a rule released today.
The dismissal of an Idaho case by SCOTUS has reinstated a pause on parts of the state’s near-total abortion ban and restored access to emergency abortions in Idaho.
Read about the AMA's 2024-2025 health equity strategic plan which reaffirms its commitment to equity, building upon the foundation laid by its 2021-2023 plan.
Read about the AMA's 2021-2023 strategic plan to embed racial justice and advance health equity both within the AMA organization, and in the medical profession.
Hypertension in pregnancy happens in 16% of hospital deliveries. The CDC outlines tools that physician practices can employ to improve outcomes.
Download PDFs of council reports that advocate policies on emerging delivery systems that protect and foster the patient/physician relationship. Key Council reports on this topic have addressed patient-centered medical homes, precision medicine, APMs, telemedicine, and retail and store-based health clinics.
Download PDFs of key council reports that advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their health care by addressing high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.
Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health insurer actions that interfere with the patient/physician relationship and impact the practice of medicine. Such topics include prior authorization, covered benefits, and affordability of health insurance.
