AMA adopts new policies to improve health of nation

The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s premier physician organization, gathered physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine during its Interim Meeting and today voted to adopt new policies aimed at improving the health of the nation.

These new policies were adopted by a vote of the AMA’s House of Delegates. This policy-making body at the center of American medicine brings together an inclusive group of physicians, medical students and residents representing every state and medical field. Delegates work in a democratic process to create a national physician consensus on emerging issues in public health, science, ethics, business and government to continually provide safer, higher quality and more efficient care for patients and communities.