Elderly Population Care

Population Care

Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

That’s one practice tip from a physician expert who explains why there needs to be a greater emphasis on geriatrics in medical training.

AMA in the News

AMA in the News: August 2019

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for August 2019.

Press Releases

AMA adopts policy to address costs of long-term services, supports

AMA House of Delegates adopted policy to make long-term care insurance simpler, affordable, and innovative for current employees, retirees.

Diabetes

Advocating for diabetes prevention

Read about how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the AMA are working to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.

Student wearing a VR device that simulates patient dementia.

Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Dementia simulation gives med students insight on condition

Simulation that uses sensory tools is helping med students understand the scope and impact of the condition.

Physician using tablet and digital app for caregiving.

Accelerating Change in Medical Education

Virtual EHR helps residents learn complexity of elder care

In training residents in electronic health record (EHR) applications, one school is extending lessons to geriatric care—with a team approach.

M&M's prove worthy indicator of detailed instruction.

Population Care

Van Halen helps physician rethink older patients’ physical exam

No brown M&M’s, the rock band warned to ensure adherence to the smallest instructions. Seniors can benefit when physicians heed three telling details.

AMA Statements

AMA: Court order in merger halts a bad deal for elderly patients

Elderly patients were the big winners today as a federal court imposed an injunction on Aetna’s $37 billion acquisition of Humana.

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Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

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New Jersey rejects bill to weaken doctors’ role as care team leaders

New 2020 CPT codes recognize E/M work that happens online

Medical students: Learn why team-based care is so critical

What medical residents need to know about fraud-and-abuse laws

Free med school still rare, but you can lessen your loan burden

4 ways programs can help medical residents beat burnout

More physicians being sued by patients they’ve never treated

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

These 5 AMA member benefits help medical students thrive

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Interim Meeting education sessions

Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

LGBTQ leadership opportunities

Minority Affairs Section leadership opportunities

Jordan Lippincott: Boosting access to care for underserved

L. Carlos Zapata, MD: Shaping evidence-based health care policy

Elderly Population Care

Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

AMA in the News: August 2019

AMA adopts policy to address costs of long-term services, supports

Advocating for diabetes prevention

Dementia simulation gives med students insight on condition

Virtual EHR helps residents learn complexity of elder care

Van Halen helps physician rethink older patients’ physical exam

AMA: Court order in merger halts a bad deal for elderly patients

Membership Moves Medicine™