AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

In a win for pregnant patients and their physicians, an Ohio appellate court has overturned a jury verdict that would have sent a woman to prison after she disclosed that she used illicit drugs during ...

University of Iowa Health Care’s patient-centered facility offers a full range of services for musculoskeletal care, including surgery and rehab. To build an orthopedic freestanding hospital, ...

Sanford Health has much to be proud of. In 2023, Sanford Health received gold-level recognition from the AMA Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program, which empowers health systems to reduce ...

The patient population that Bayhealth serves in Central Delaware is growing rapidly. But recruiting physicians can be a challenge sometimes given that Bayhealth isn’t located near any of the state’s ...

Ochsner Health serves many communities, not only in the New Orleans metropolitan area, but across Louisiana, coastal Mississippi, eastern Mississippi and western Alabama. One thing that keeps ...

The physician shortage affects everyone. That’s just one reason the AMA continues to support bipartisan legislative solutions put forth at the federal level such as the Conrad State 30 and Physician ...

Assessing physicians’ well-being is the starting point in health care organizations’ work to reduce burnout. A critical next step is to let physicians know about the changes undertaken at the ...

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes offer doctors and health care professionals a uniform language for coding medical services and procedures to streamline reporting, increase accuracy and ...

MAPMG and TPMG are two of the Permanente Medical Groups that negotiate with the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan for a yearly rate to provide comprehensive care for Kaiser Permanente patients. The model ...

For physicians approaching the end of their graduate medical education, the role of chief resident can present an opportunity to gain leadership experience and potentially open doors for ...

A lifelong resident of Flint, Michigan, Dr. Mukkamala has spent decades treating patients in a city that has weathered economic collapse and public health disasters. Flint, he said, is emblematic of ...