Per Policy D-600.992, AMA Board and Council reports are being posted here as they have become available for “review by all physicians and the public and comment by AMA members.”
Readers should note that these reports refer only to items to be considered by the AMA House of Delegates during its 2008 Annual Meeting (June 14-18). No action has been taken on these items, and all reports should be considered informational at this time. Only items which have been acted on finally by the House of Delegates can be considered official, with final results reflected in the Proceedings of the House of Delegates (see, House of Delegates meeting archives).
Reference committee referrals are indicated in parentheses following the report titles.
Reports of the Board of Trustees
1 Communication Between Hospitals and Primary Care Referring Physicians (E)
2 Pharmacists’ Refusal to Fill Legally Valid Prescriptions (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
3 Prescription Drug Monitoring to Prevent Abuse of Controlled Substances (B)
4 Increasing Minority Participation in Clinical Research (E)
5 Council on Legislation Sunset Review of 1998 House Policies (B)
6 Health Care for Veterans and Their Families (D)
7 Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Provision of Genetic Testing (E)
8 Curing the Addiction to Tobacco Products (D)
9 Surrogate Requirement for Nursing Home Residents (B)
10 Council of Medical Specialty Societies - Official Observer Status in the House of Delegates (F)
11 Tiering System for Third-Party Payers (G)
12 Work of the Task Force on the Release of Physician Data (G)
13 Ethical Procurement of Organs for Transplantation (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
14 The RUC: Recent Activities to Improve the Valuation of Primary Care Services (A)
15 Personal Medication Supply in Times of Disaster (D)
16 Designation of Specialty Societies for Representation in the House of Delegates (F)
17 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Policy on Hospital Acquired Conditions - Present on Admission (B)
18 Legal Protections for Medical Peer Review (B)
19 Gender Disparities in Physician Income and Advancement (C)
20 Protection of Medical Staff Members’ Personal Proprietary Financial Information (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
21 Update on the American Medical Association Women Physicians Congress (Informational)
22 National Provider Identification (NPI) Implementation (Informational)
23 Annual Update on Activities and Progress in Tobacco Control (Informational)
24 Inappropriate Peer Review (Informational)
25 Auditor’s Report (F)
26 2007 Grants and Donations (Informational)
27 Leadership for Patient Safety: Reducing the Hospital Registered Nurse Shortage at the Bedside (G)
28 Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Informational)
29 AMA Performance, Activities, and Status in 2007 (Informational)
30 Update on Corporate Relationships (Informational)
31 AMA Dues - 2009 (F)
Reports of the Council on Constitution and Bylaws
1 Editorial Corrections to AMA Bylaws (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
Reports of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
1 Industry Support of Professional Education in Medicine (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
3 Secret Shopper "Patients" (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
4 Peers as Patients (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
5 Sedation to Unconsciousness in End-of-Life Care (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
6 Expedited Partner Therapy (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
7 Protection of Medical Staff Members’ Personal Proprietary Financial Information (Informational)
8 Surgeons’ Attendance During Surgery (Informational)
9 Deadlines for HOD Resolutions (Informational)
10 Judicial Function of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs - Annual Report (Informational)
11 CEJA’s Sunset Review of House Policies (Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws)
Opinions of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
1 E-9.03, Civil Rights and Professional Responsibility, Amendment (Informational)
2 E-10.05, Potential Patients, Amendment (Informational)
3 E-9.12, Patient-Physician Relationship: Respect for Law and Human Rights, Amendment (Informational)
4 E-9.095, The Use of Patents and Other Means to Limit Availability of Medical Procedures, Amendment (Informational)
5 E-2.23, HIV Testing, Amendment (Informational)
6 E-2.02, Physicians’ Obligations in Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Violence and Abuse, Amendment (Informational)
7 Pediatric Decision-Making (Informational)
8 E-2.165, Umbilical Cord Blood Banking, Amendment (Informational)
Reports of the Council on Long Range Planning and Development
1 CLRPD’s Sunset Review of 1998 House Directives and Policies (F)
2 Representation of the International Medical Graduates (IMG) Section (F)
Reports of the Council on Medical Education
1 Annual Report on AMA Medical Education Activities: 2007 (Informational)
2 Council on Medical Education Sunset Review of 1998 House of Delegates Policies and Directives (C)
3 Physician Lifelong Learning (C)
4 Educational Implications of the Medical Home Model (C)
5 Enforcement of Duty Hours Standards and Improving Resident, Fellow and Patient Safety (C)
6 Physician Reentry (C)
7 Diversity in the Physician Workforce and Access to Care (C)
8 One-Year Public Health Training Options for All Specialties (C)
9 Initiative to Transform Medical Education: Update on Implementation Plans (Informational)
10 Independent Regulation of Physician Licensing Exams (C)
11 Improving Parental Leave Policies for Residents and Fellows (C)
12 Observerships for International Medical Graduates (C)
13 Financial Conflicts in CME (C)
14 Employment Benefits for Residents and Fellows (C)
15 40th Anniversary of the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award and Credit System (Informational)
Reports of the Council on Medical Service
1 Medical Care Outside the United States (G)
2 Access to Psychiatric Beds and Impact on Emergency Medicine (G)
3 The Role of Cash Payments in All Physician Practices (G)
4 Policy Sunset Report for 1998 AMA Socioeconomic Policies (G)
5 Tax Implications of Eliminating the Employee Income Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Insurance (A)
6 The Medicare Trust Funds (Informational)
7 Value-Based Decision Making in the Health Care System (G)
8 Standardizing AMA Policy on the Tax Treatment of Health Insurance (A)
Reports of the Council on Science and Public Health
Remaing reports may be submitted for publication and are not posted here.
1. The Clinical Utility of Measuring Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in the Diagnosis and Management of Adult Overweight and Obesity (D)
2. CSAPH’s Sunset Review of 1998 House Directives and Policies (D)
3. The Health Effects of High Fructose Syrup (D)
4. Ensuring the Best In-School Care for Children with Diabetes (D)
5. Revision of the Lifetime Deferral for Blood Donation of the Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Population (E)
6. Portable Listening Devices and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (D)
7. Elder Mistreatment (D)
8. Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders (D)
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