AMA in the News: October 2025

AMA in the News covers media coverage and mentions about the American Medical Association. Find articles recognizing our efforts in health care, advocacy, medical education and improvements in public health. Read coverage on the achievements of our leadership and the members of the AMA community.

1. Health experts warn of severe flu season: What you need to know to stay protected

   1. Fox 32 Chicago, Oct. 29, 2025
   2. As colder weather brings a surge in flu cases, AMA board chair-elect Toluwalasé “Lasé” Ajayi, MD, shares how to recognize symptoms, protect vulnerable groups and keep your family safe this flu season.

2. Docs ask big questions about gun storage safety in latest Ad Council campaign

   1. Medical Marketing and Media, Oct. 27, 2025
   2. The Agree to Agree website has tools and guides—vetted through the American Medical Association—that health care professionals can access for valuable information. 

3. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Medicare Advantage Prior Authorizations: A Frustrating Hurdle

   1. HBO, Oct. 26, 2025
   2. Gerald E. Harmon, MD, appeared on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver to discuss prior authorization.

4. AMA launches initiative in bid for AI policy leadership

   1. Fierce Healthcare, Oct. 23, 2025
   2. The American Medical Association (AMA) has created a Center for Digital Health and AI that it hopes will pave the way for thought leadership and policy on the technology. 

5. Answering your questions about using AI as a health care guide

   1. Washington Post, Oct. 23, 2025
   2. A recent American Medical Association survey found that nearly two-thirds of physicians reported using AI in 2024. (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

6. The case for clinician-led firearm injury prevention conversations

   1. Medpage Today, Oct. 23, 2025
   2. Toluwalasé A. Ajayi, MD, is a pediatrician, American Medical Association board chair-elect, and co-director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship program at the University of California San Diego and Scripps Health. She is also a proud partner with the Ad Council on their national youth firearm injury prevention initiative, "Agree to Agree." (Free registration is required to view content.)

7. AMA to form digital health, AI oversight center

   1. Modern Healthcare, Oct. 22, 2025
   2. The Center for Digital Health and AI will work with policymakers and regulators on health care technology standards and help facilitate advancements in the technologies. The center’s physician-led model is what will set it apart from other health care oversight committees, said AMA CEO and Executive Vice President John Whyte, MD, MPH, in an interview Friday.
   3. “There really hasn’t been this type of physician-led approach to innovations in tech,” Whyte said. “I think tech is going to embrace the AMA’s role because they all want to understand clinical workflow.” (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

8. AMA unveils Center for Digital Health and AI

   1. Tech Target, Oct. 21, 2025
   2. "Augmented Intelligence will be a defining force in the future of health care, but right now we are barely scratching the surface of its potential. Digital health tools are everywhere and the technology has limitless opportunity, but if you don't understand clinical practice or clinical workflow, even the best tools will never be fully implemented," said John Whyte, MD, MPH, executive vice president and CEO of the American Medical Association (AMA), in the press release.

9. AMA unveils Center for Digital Health and AI to elevate physician voice in tech

   1. Med City News, Oct. 21, 2025
   2. “Everyone is talking about digital health and AI, but I don’t see us having the right conversations. Too often, we have technology, then we’re trying to find a problem to solve, and we really have to change that. … We need the leadership of physicians, and that’s where the AMA comes into play,” said John Whyte, MD, MPH, CEO and executive vice president of the AMA, during an interview at the conference.

10. AMA wades into turbulent debate over AI regulation with new digital health center

    1. STAT News, Oct. 21, 2025
    2. The American Medical Association on Monday announced a new Center for Digital Health and AI to influence how novel technology is used and regulated in health care. (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

11. AMA: Physicians must lead in developing AI tools to improve patient care and workflow

    1. Medical Economics, Oct. 20, 2025
    2. “Augmented Intelligence will be a defining force in the future of health care, but right now we are barely scratching the surface of its potential,” AMA CEO and Executive Vice President John Whyte, MD, MPH, said in a news release. “Digital health tools are everywhere and the technology has limitless opportunity, but if you don’t understand clinical practice or clinical workflow, even the best tools will never be fully implemented.
    3. “By launching this center, the AMA is leading in this space so physicians have a say in the technology and clinical care of the future,” Whyte said. “Our goal is to harness innovation responsibly and effectively, so it improves patient care and reduces unnecessary burdens on physicians.”

12. AMA creates new Center for Digital Health and AI 

    1. Healthcare IT News, Oct. 20, 2025
    2. After two years spent studying how doctors use artificial intelligence and developing guidance around AI to better serve its physician members, the American Medical Association on Monday announced a new Center for Digital Health and AI.

13. AMA creates physician AI center

    1. Becker’s Clinical Leadership, Oct. 20, 2025
    2. The American Medical Association launched its Center for Digital Health and AI to ensure physicians are at the center of shaping, guiding and implementing technologies. (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

14. AMA launches center for digital health, AI

    1. Becker’s Hospital Review, Oct. 20, 2025
    2. The American Medical Association launched its Center for Digital Health and AI on Oct. 20 to embed physicians throughout the lifecycle of emerging health technologies. (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

15. AMA launches Center for Digital Health And AI

    1. Inside Health Policy, Oct. 20, 2025
    2. The American Medical Association’s new Center for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence will work with regulators, policymakers and technology leaders to “shape benchmarks for safe and effective use of AI in medicine and digital health tools,” the major doctors’ group announced Monday (Oct. 20). (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

16. How AI is strengthening the human connection in medicine

    1. Med City News, Oct. 15, 2025
    2. The American Medical Association now frames these tools as “augmented intelligence,” emphasizing design that amplifies human expertise rather than replaces it. Recent AMA research shows that two-thirds of physicians have integrated at least one AI tool into practice, and nearly 70% see clear advantages, but they also call for rigorous validation and clear guidelines that define liability when AI is involved.

17. The Need to Lead: Discussing leadership in the current public health landscape with John Whyte, MD, MPH

    1. Healio, Oct. 15, 2025
    2. In this episode, Physicianary host, Hansa Bhargava, MD, is joined by CEO of the AMA, John Whyte, MD, MPH. They discuss leadership in health care amid changes in public policy and technology and how to manage the rise of disinformation.

18. What to expect from the next round of Medicare pay regulations

    1. Modern Healthcare, Oct. 14, 2025
    2. In a letter to CMS, the AMA argued the agency should work with doctors to increase primary care payments and ensure frequent reviews of codes with empirical data. (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)

19. Wave of medical school expansion aims to address physician shortage

    1. Newsweek, Oct. 13, 2025
    2. In late September, the American Medical Association urged the federal government to exempt physicians from the new $100,000 application fee.

20. Lousy Medicare insurance is worsening outcomes for all patients

    1. Forbes, Oct. 13, 2025
    2. “...As documented by American Medical Association, low Medicare reimbursement rates are financially harming private practices and discouraging doctors from accepting new Medicare patients. When coupled with the other pressures on doctors, the inadequate Medicare compensation is contributing to the growing doctor shortage problem. Nor is there a logical foundation to Medicare's underpayments.” (Publication subscription is required for full or unlimited access.)