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View highlights from the 2019 AMA Interim Meeting.

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Digital

How to keep patient information secure in mHealth apps

See what mHealth app developers must do to ward off security threats and keep users’ sensitive information out of the wrong hands.

Ethics

Pediatric decision-making: Help parents protect, empower kids

While bearing the weighty responsibility of making medical decisions for children when they lack capacity, parents can also promote patient autonomy.

Leadership

David Welsh, MD: Working hard to put patients first again

AMA member David Welsh, MD, was 6 years old when his family doctor saved his life. That moved him to grow up to help others just like his childhood physician heroes.

Ethics

Your patient requests an investigational therapy: How to respond

The FDA allows some critically ill patients to access unapproved therapies. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics has guidance for shared decision-making.

Delegate Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD, speaking at 2019 HOD Interim Meeting.

Public Health

AMA develops Rx for drug prices that are high and rising

Arbitration can be used in determining price of prescription drugs that have insufficient competition, high list prices, or have seen unjustifiable price increases.

Group of delegates listening during the 2019 HOD Interim Meeting

Transition to Practice

Give med school grads at least 10 years to finish licensing exams

If there’s a time limit for passing licensing exams, it should be no less than 10 years and accommodate family or health challenges.

Group of delegates in line ready to speak at the 2019 HOD Interim Meeting

Patient Support & Advocacy

Payer-backed care shopping plans shouldn’t coerce patients

Employer or insurer-offered financial incentive programs can be useful, but must be transparent. AMA lays out other principles to guide such programs.