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Patient Support & Advocacy Jan 27, 2020

Michigan's Medicaid expansion doubles access to primary care

Michigan customized its Medicaid program to emphasize primary care and preventive health services. Studies are showing this was a wise approach.

Digital Jan 13, 2020

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 Dec 26, 2019

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 Dec 6, 2019

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 Dec 4, 2019

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 Nov 19, 2019

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 Nov 18, 2019

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 Nov 18, 2019

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.

Delegate James Burdick, MD, speaking at 2019 HOD Interim Meeting.

Ethics Nov 18, 2019

Physicians have duty to monitor their own competence

Everyone expects physicians to provide competent care. But competence is fluid, context-dependent and requires self-awareness on the part of doctors.

AMA, West Side United fight for health equity, one community at a time

Face transplants: What role for lived experience in assessments?

Hospitalist burnout: 5 ways for leaders to tackle growing problem

How annual prescription renewals boost medication adherence

How medical school coaches can help with clerkships, Match

Ob-gyns get AMA help to redesign residency application process

IMGs: Heed these 4 tips to pursue academic medicine career

Designing your MCAT prep program? Follow these 6 steps

AMA: Insurers misused CPT codes to hide administrative costs

How the AMA acts as the physician’s powerful ally in the courts

Medical residents: Don’t miss these 5 great AMA member benefits

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Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

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Physicians must rise in coordinated response to COVID-19

Why AMA is investing in Chicago’s West Side to boost health equity

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Resources for physicians returning to clinical practice

Michigan's Medicaid expansion doubles access to primary care

How to keep patient information secure in mHealth apps

Pediatric decision-making: Help parents protect, empower kids

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

Your patient requests an investigational therapy: How to respond

AMA develops Rx for drug prices that are high and rising

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

Payer-backed care shopping plans shouldn’t coerce patients

Physicians have duty to monitor their own competence

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