Staff News Writer

Physicians face difficult decisions every day, and some of the results of these decisions leave their marks long after the patient has been treated. One physician recently shared his feelings around some tough choices—and how those choices made him a better doctor.

As a new model of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative will award $840 million for the creation of evidence-based, peer-led collaboratives and practice transformation networks to support physicians in providing high-quality care.

A new “teaching electronic health record” (tEHR) from Indiana University School of Medicine will give medical students a chance to learn clinical decision-making and system-based care using real data.

Get advice on how to present your research, both in poster and podium presentations, from those in the know: past winners and judges of the AMA Research Symposium.

A Google Hangout featuring academic physicians and students Monday took a close look at how medical schools are taking on two huge challenges: addressing health disparities and focusing on diversity in how they train physicians.

Learn how to navigate the new documentation complexities for diagnosis codes in the ICD-10-CM code set. An updated publication from the AMA Store provides guidance just in time to prepare for the Oct. 1, 2015, ICD-10 implementation deadline.

The AMA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to streamline the competing laws and regulations that threaten access to care in a letter. Physicians providing care to Medicare patients could face a “tsunami” of regulatory penalties over the next 10 years, potentially seeing payments cut by more than 13 percent by the end of the decade.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released tightened guidance on use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for U.S. health care workers to ensure they are better prepared to treat Ebola patients.