Allergic rhinitis, or hay fever, is more than just the sniffles. Understanding triggers and when to talk to a physician are key to managing allergic rhinitis.
Physicians should advise against “superfood” gimmicks. Focus on the age and dietary patterns of their patients in recommending protein choices.
The Southeast Permanente Medical Group credits strong collaboration and clearly defined team roles as key drivers of excellence and better outcomes.
Explore opportunities to gain practical solutions for practice transformation, process improvement and physician well-being.
Learn more about undergraduate and graduate medical education publications from the ChangeMedEd Consortium.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
For residency applicants, signals are associated with better chances of matching. How does their potency change across physician specialties?
A survey of medical students found research projects aren’t always residency-interview fodder, but most think scholarly output affected their Match Day.
Moonlighting during residency may boost your income, build skills or test your limits. Find out if it’s right for you.
What happens when your physician private practice needs to end things with another entity? The AMA details what to make sure you’ve got covered.
Stay informed with top advocacy news and essential updates on key national and state issues impacting physicians, patients and the healthcare environment in June 2026.
Highlights from the 2026 AMA Annual Meeting, and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.
Clinicians interested in starting or expanding routine screening programs for HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis and LTBI are invited to join the AMA Community of Practice for a discussion on routine screening in rural emergency departments.
In this AMA ChangeMedEd webinar, experts will explore how academic coaching has evolved into a core component of competency-based education and physician well-being.
Review the reports and resolutions submitted for consideration at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Review the list of candidates to serve as AMA officers, on the Board of Trustees and councils.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
One of the unique benefits of membership in the AMA Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) is the chance to participate in the policymaking process.
Find the agenda, documents and more for the 2026 IPPS Annual Meeting on June 5 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Find information about the summary of panel actions, a document prepared after each meeting of the CPT Editorial Panel.
Understand the role the AMA/Specialty Society RUC plays in providing physicians a voice in shaping Medicare relative values.
The goal of a health care delivery system is to deliver services that meet established standard in both cost and quality. Learn the latest on health care delivery costs at the AMA.
As physicians, we hear firsthand from the media how health care costs are out of control. We’re often asked what can be done to slow those costs. A new analysis from the AMA helps shed some light on how the health care dollar is spent, and reveals that costs aren’t as out of control as we may think.
What is the cost of medical care for people with diabetes than those without diabetes? This infographic show the results of a study from the Health Care Cost Institute found that the out-of-pocket health care spending by people with diabetes was more than 2.5 times higher than for people without diabetes.
Patient-centered care means incorporating patients’ perspectives, experiences and opinions into how you run your practice. Meaningful patient engagement can help achieve better quality, better outcomes and lower care costs.
How do the characteristics of residency training influence the nature of a physician's future practice? A recent study in JAMA investigated whether exposure to different practice and spending patterns during residency left an "imprint" detectable in practice after training.
A special theme issue of JAMA focuses on important topics in the continuum of medical education, including health care spending, resident duty hours and maintenance of certification (MOC).
The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently released a toolkit to help hospitals and health systems reduce preventable inpatient admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions. These conditions could be avoided with adequate primary care, such as asthma, low back pain and uncomplicated pneumonia.
An estimated one-third of health care costs—about $750 billion—don’t actually improve health, according to the Institute of Medicine. Residents’ exams often ask them to choose the “one best test” for diagnosis to avoid health care waste, but what if the real-world choice is “all of the above”?
As physicians, our No. 1 priority is always our patients. In my work at New Mexico Cancer Center, we have been working on how to serve our patients even better.
When physicians don’t conduct physical exams, patients are the ones that suffer. According to a recent article in Kaiser Health News, physical exams are giving way to the use of sophisticated, expensive tests in order to diagnose patients.
