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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.

Senior studies laptop screen for results.

Population Care

Surprise: Seniors take to online DPP better than most adults

An online counseling program reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes in seniors, who completed the Web-driven activity at a 20 percent higher clip.

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How decision science can help with gut-wrenching medical choices

Truth in advertising

6 ways to improve Medicare Advantage physician networks

These 3 values are essential to Stanford’s work on doctor burnout

AMA program will create new leaders in health systems science

4 keys to making a medical school coaching relationship work for you

What your peers are researching about medical specialty choice

Physician contracting: Job duties and liability insurance

Why the HHS conscience-rights rule was blocked in court

5 big medical court cases that made a difference this year

Auto & transportation discounts

Loans & financial services

Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

Interim Meeting education sessions

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

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

APS Interim Meeting agenda & resources

IMGS Interim Meeting agenda & resources

Action needed now to prevent a new generation of nicotine addiction

David Welsh, MD: Working hard to put patients first again