Digital Health Care Studies

Press ReleasesMay 18, 2021

New AMA effort reenvisions a value framework for virtual care

Return on Health helps define and measure the benefits generated by digitally enabled care.

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DigitalMar 5, 2021

What physicians need to do to optimize telehealth after pandemic

Learn with the AMA about the key issues that must be resolved to allow digital health to flourish long after COVID-19 is just a horrible memory.

Woman with medicine in her hand talking to her doctor during a telehealth appointment.

DigitalDec 8, 2020

How CPT codes set stage for telehealth’s rise amid pandemic

Learn how the infrastructure that was in place to help manage workflow and facilitate payment aided booming use of telehealth in 2020.

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DigitalSep 7, 2020

Telehealth’s post-pandemic future: Where do we go from here?

Physicians are responding to COVID-19 by expanding telehealth services. Learn why maintaining regulatory flexibility is key to enabling future innovations.

AMA in the NewsFeb 29, 2020

AMA in the News: February 2020

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for February 2020.

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DigitalFeb 6, 2020

Why physicians’ use of digital health is on the rise

Televisit is one of seven digital health tools seeing increased adoption. Learn why enthusiasm is growing and how the AMA can help your practice stay up to speed.

Research

AMA digital health care 2016 & 2019 study findings

Digital health encompasses a broad scope of tools that can improve health care, enable lifestyle change and create operational efficiencies. This includes digital solutions involving telemedicine and telehealth, mHealth, wearables, remote monitoring, apps and others.

DigitalJan 26, 2018

These factors interfere with physicians’ IT adoption

Physicians are eager for digital health solutions that give them back more face-to-face time with patients.

Fight Regulatory Burdens

AMA-inspired changes to office visit reporting will save the typical office-based physician 180 hours of documentation each year.

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Behavioral health integration (BHI) Overcoming Obstacles webinar series

How this Arkansas law puts government in exam room, harms patients

Why VA’s move to nationalize standards of practice is misguided

Telehealth Immersion Program: Past events

Academic coaching in medical education

Medical education webinars and virtual discussions

What it’s like to specialize in family medicine: Shadowing Dr. Edje

Medical Student Outreach Program (MSOP) Resource Center

July 30, 2021: National Advocacy Update

July 30, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Headspace for AMA members

Loans & financial services

June 2021 Meeting of the HOD: Speakers' updates

Council & committee nominations

About the Council on Constitution & Bylaws (CCB)

AMA Constitution & Bylaws

Women in Medicine

Submitting a resolution to the Senior Physicians Section (SPS)

AMA Ambassadors events

New AMA Foundation initiative will boost LGBTQ+ health care