1990
AMA moves into new building at 515 N. State Street, Chicago, Illinois
AMA publishes America's Adolescents: How Healthy Are They?
AMA publishes HIV Early Care: AMA Physician Guidelines and distributes to 350,000 physicians
AMA launches corporate identity program
AMA adopts guidelines governing gifts to physicians from industry
AMA Fellowship Residency Electronic Interactive Data Access System (FREIDA) describing residency programs in the United States is available in electronic form
1991
AMA proposes reform of the U.S. health care system (Health Access America) to include expansion of health insurance coverage
AMA launches campaign against family violence
1992
Archives of Family Medicine founded
AMA calls on tobacco companies to refrain from engaging in advertising practices which target children
AMA adopts a recommendation from the Council on Medical Education that continued federal funding should be available for graduate medical education
AMA Council on Medical Education and Council on Medical Service submit a joint report to House of Delegates identifying major barriers to adequate health care for the inner-city poor and present recommendations for addressing the problems
1993
AMA Auxiliary becomes Alliance
AMA passes resolution declaring physician assisted suicide is fundamentally inconsistent with the physician's professional role
AMA Council on Medical Education recommends multifaceted approach to encourage student and physician interest in primary care
1994
American Journal of Diseases of Children becomes Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
AMA drafts the Patient Protection Act, elements of which were included in every health system reform bill reported out of committee in both the House and Senate
AMA Physician's Recognition Award for completing continuing education is extended to appropriately licensed physicians in Mexico
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs succeeds AMA Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation
AMA Council on Medical Education and Council on Long Range Planning and Development submit report analyzing physician work-force planning strategies in light of the impact of health system reform on medical education and academic medical centers
1995
AMA launches grassroots campaign for professional liability reform
AMA drafts the Patient Protection Act II bill with two goals: protection for patients through increased disclosure requirement and managed care fairness; and physicians' need to have defined rights and protections from arbitrary separation from managed care plans
The AMA launches its Web site on the Internet, featuring highlights of JAMA, the specialty journals, American Medical Newsand other AMA news of Interest
JAMA publishes historic issue with six articles examining tobacco industry through corporate documents of Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company
AMA encourages Office of Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of alternative therapies
1996
AMA Fellowship Residency Electronic Interactive Data Access System (FREIDA) describing residency programs in the United States goes on-line
AMA with the American College of Physicians and American College of Surgeons, begins campaign to promote organ and tissue donation for transplantation
On-Line CME Locator is launched by the AMA, featuring more than 2000 Category 1 activities sponsored by accredited providers
AMA DoctoryFinder, part of AMA Health Insight World Wide Web site, is launched, helping consumers locate physicians using the AMA's database of over 650,000 physicians
AMA House of Delegates gives a voting seat to three organizations with longtime observance status in the House: National Medical Association, American Medical Women's Association, and the American Osteopathic Association
1997
AMA celebrates the sesquicentennial of its founding
In conjunction with the AMA's sesquicentennial observance, "Ethics and Modern Medicine," the AMA's first ethics conference is held in Philadelphia, the city of the AMA's founding
AMA renews its emphasis on medical ethics by creating the Ethics Institute, providing practical outreach and guidance as well as scholarly research for end-of-life issues, genetics , professionalism and managed care
AMA launches the National Patient Safety Foundation to help ensure that all patients in all health care settings receive services safely
AMA launches a national campaign against "drive-through" deliveries which results in national legislation requiring insurance companies to provide appropriate hospitalization and maternity stays
1998
Through an educational grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the AMA Institute for Ethics' Educating Physicians on End-of-Life Care (EPEC) initiated its program to provide training to practicing physicians on the core skills needed to provide quality end-of-life care launches a new educational and policy campaign by publishing "Expanding Access to Insurance Coverage for Health Expenses: An AMA Proposal"
"Live and Then Give," the AMA's national organ donor awareness program begins with a pledge of organ donation by every member of the AMA House of Delegates
Named after the co-writers of the original Code of Medical Ethics, the AMA selects its first recipient of the Isaac Hays, MD and John Bell, MD Leadership in Medical Ethics Award
The Resident Physicians Section was changed by vote of the House of Delegates to Resident and Fellow Section. This change allowed the Section to reflect its constituency of both resident physicians and academic physician fellows
AMA publishes a new public service pamphlet, "Protecting Children in Motor Vehicles: A Matter of Restraint," to educate parents about child safety in cars
The AMA and the Federation implement an aggressive campaign to bring needed changes to the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) revised Documentation Guidelines for Medicare Evaluation and Management Services. This campaign included Web-based information for physicians and aimed at protecting them from unwarranted fraud and abuse penalties
The AMA's focus on patient's rights begins with the first national Patient's Bill of Rights day on 15 July 1998. Grassroots activities to inform the public, from news conferences to newspaper ads, were held across the country by state, county, and local medical societies
The AMA renews its commitment to professionalism and quality membership by establishing a new service initiative for membership and creating a new Office of Member Communications
1999
After much intense debate, the AMA's House of Delegates voted to develop an affiliated national labor organization called Physicians for Responsible Negotiations (PRN) to represent employed physicians, allowing them to advocate on behalf of their patients
Under the rallying cry of its new initiative 'Is it good medicine?' the AMA pushed forward with its grassroots lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C. Key issues in the effort included medical privacy, negotiating rights for physicians and a national, bipartisan Patients Bill of Rights legislation
The AMA sponsored its first annual Health Sector Assembly, bringing together health care professionals, patient groups, government and business representatives and academics to discuss the critical health care issues facing the nation
Catherine D. De Angelis, MD, MPH begins tenure as the fifteenth Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, (JAMA) and Editor-in-Chief of the AMA's Division of Scientific Information and Multimedia. Dr. De Angelis is the first woman to be Editor in JAMA's one-hundred and sixteen year history
The AMA Alliance (physician member spouses) initiated violence-awareness in schools across the country as part of their SAVE (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) on-going initiative
"A Matter of Degree: The National Effort to Reduce High-Risking Drinking Among College Students," a collaborative effort between the AMA and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, encouraged alcoholic abstinence and binge-drinking awareness in communities and universities nationwide
Responding to recent changes in U.S. population and the health care industry, the AMA published The Cultural Competence Compendium, a collection of resources to enable physicians to provide individualized care that respects the multiple cultures of their patients
Designed for a general audience, the AMA's Choosing Health Care Insurance that Best Meets Your Needs explained key issues and facts in the current national health care debate and offered the AMA's proposal to modify the private health insurance system
Addressing the national trend toward consolidation among large health insurance and health care providers, the AMA increased its advocacy efforts, ensuring the protection of U.S. physicians and their patients
The AMA sponsored Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 passed into federal law, reaffirming a physician's ability to aggressively manage patient discomfort during end-of-life care
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