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 ...

Sorting through the good, the bad and the ugly about high cholesterol can be confusing. Two physicians set out to explain what to keep in mind. High cholesterol is a common health condition in the U.S ...

International Medical Graduates who seek entry into U.S. programs of Graduate Medical Education (GME) must obtain a visa that permits clinical training to provide medical services. Nearly one-fourth ...

Medicine can be a career that is both challenging and highly rewarding, but figuring out med school requirements and navigating the application process can be a challenge into itself. The AMA has the ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season often starts in the fall and peaks in winter. RSV vaccines are available to help reduce risk for severe illness. In many parts of the country, the fall season ...

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 ...

Launched in June 2019, 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. It ...

The AMA House of Delegates declared firearm violence a public health crisis at the 2016 Annual Meeting, which convened in the aftermath of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando where 49 ...

AMA membership offers unique access to savings and resources tailored to enrich the personal and professional lives of physicians, residents and medical students. An education module offered via the ...

Why is value-based care important? What are value-based care payment models? How is value-based care measured? What is an example of value-based care? Our guest is Narayana Murali, MD, chief medical ...

Among America’s physicians, more than nine in 10 surveyed say that prior authorization has a negative impact on patient clinical outcomes. Most telling is that 78% of physicians reported that prior ...

Picture a pediatrician whose days were once filled with the joy of helping children who is now struggling to find meaning in medicine. Imagine an emergency physician, the epitome of calm under ...