AMA president outlines efforts to attack dysfunction in health care

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — In her address to physician leaders gathered from across the nation at the opening session of the American Medical Association (AMA) Interim Meeting, President Barbara L. McAneny, MD, today outlined the AMA’s an ongoing effort to attack dysfunction in health care.

In addition to highlighting physician efforts on behalf of patients from the past year–from fighting prior authorization processes that delay patient care to fighting for drug price and cost transparency so patients can afford the prescription drugs they need–Dr. McAneny called on her colleagues to take on harassment in medicine and reasserted the AMA’s urgent pleas for action to reduce gun violence.