AMA Center for Health Equity

Population Care

Jun 24, 2022 ·

What sets back care for transgender patients in the exam room

Kameryn J. Lee, MD, MSPH, is an ob-gyn and a transgender woman. “It’s a terrible feeling” to sense discomfort from one’s doctor, she says. Learn more.

A parent and young child having an appointment with a physician

Health Equity

Jun 20, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

How health systems will learn together to advance health equity

The AMA, Joint Commission, Brigham and Women’s, and eight leading health systems will collaborate to embed equity into care-improvement efforts.

Medical Students

Jun 15, 2022 ·

7 MIN READ

Q&A: Why this medical student leader is an AMA member for life

Haidn Foster, MD, is the outgoing chair of the AMA Medical Student Section. He details how the AMA empowers students to move medicine forward.

Jack Resneck Jr., MD, at the 2022 Annual Meeting

Leadership

Jun 14, 2022 ·

5 MIN READ

New AMA president: Physicians must be guided by hope, not fear

In Association’s first in-person inaugural since pandemic, dermatologist Jack Resneck Jr., MD, said the AMA will be there for patients and doctors.

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Health Equity

May 23, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

5 principles show how to foster equity using health IT innovation

The In Full Health initiative aims to use health IT innovation as a tool to advance equity. Its five principles describe how this will be done.

Press Releases

May 19, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

AMA, organizations launch effort to apply equity lens to patient care

New learning network aims to equip participating health systems with equitable quality and safety strategies to improve patient health outcomes for historically marginalized populations.

AMA Center for Health Equity

6 MIN READ

AMA Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network

The Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network is a year-long program offered in collaboration with the Brigham & Women’s Hospital (BWH) and The Joint Commission.

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AMA Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network faculty

Learn about the AMA Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network faculty.

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AMA Equity Plan 2021-2023

Embedding equity into medicine requires planning and honesty. To meet this moment, the AMA has developed a plan to advance racial and social justice.

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AMA Center for Health Equity

What sets back care for transgender patients in the exam room

How health systems will learn together to advance health equity

Q&A: Why this medical student leader is an AMA member for life

New AMA president: Physicians must be guided by hope, not fear

5 principles show how to foster equity using health IT innovation

AMA, organizations launch effort to apply equity lens to patient care

AMA Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network

AMA Advancing Equity through Quality and Safety Peer Network faculty

Membership Moves Medicine™

AMA Equity Plan 2021-2023