Florida CME Requirements

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Court decides: Is patient safety information protected?

A Florida district court of appeal considered whether patient safety information is protected from disclosure under a federal act in a medical liability case against a hospital and its physicians.

Judicial Advocacy
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21 more schools tapped to transform physician training

A panel of medical education leaders has selected 21 new members of the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium to transform the way future physicians will be trained.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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21 medical schools join AMA in creating medical school of the future

The AMA announced 21 medical schools to join its Accelerating Change in Medical Education consortium to create the medical school of the future.

Press Releases
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States where health insurers are squeezing out competition

Proposed mergers among four of the nation’s five largest health insurers could have a big effect on patients and physicians in many communities around the country. What will competition look like in your state?

Access to Care
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AMA releases analyses on possible Anthem-Cigna, Aetna-Humana mergers

The AMA issued analyses showing that proposed commercial health insurance mergers would exceed federal anti-trust guidelines in 97 metropolitan areas.

Press Releases
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Physician who contracted Ebola among award winners

Dr. Kent Brantly, medical director of the only Ebola treatment unit in southern Liberia, received the AMA Foundation the Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine. Three other physicians received awards for exemplifying medicine’s highest values: leadership, community service and dedication to treating underserved patients.

Infectious Diseases
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Protected patient information at stake in Florida case

Data collected in patient safety systems comes with confidentiality protections that encourage physicians to share patient safety information without fear of liability—but a Florida case could impede efforts to improve patient safety, jeopardizing these protections.

Judicial Advocacy
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How one physician is helping stop diabetes among her patients

A family practice physician participating in a diabetes prevention screening pilot is seeing how standardization in treatment can help patients stop the progress of prediabetes. 

Prevention & Wellness
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Underserved communities to get help preventing diabetes

An estimated 86 million American adults have prediabetes, but only one in 10 of these people knows they are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Fifteen free and charitable clinics across the country will receive funding to help reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes as part of two grant programs from the AMA Foundation and AmeriCares.

Prevention & Wellness