Health Care Disparities

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Health EquityOct 11, 2021

Correct count matters for Asian American, Pacific Islander health

Grouping Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders together can hide their particular health challenges. Learn more with the AMA.

Advocacy UpdateOct 8, 2021

Oct. 8, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Surprise billing regulation favors insurers and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Health Equity

Prioritizing Equity video series

The Prioritizing Equity video series examines how health care equity determines care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public HealthOct 5, 2021

Q&A: How this Black doctor fights COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

AMA member Marcus Christopher Griffith, MD, says community ties are key to helping patients get themselves and loved ones vaccinated.

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Health EquityOct 4, 2021

Why organized medicine must “clean up” to advance health equity

The AMA and other physician organizations offer candid apologies for their history of racial exclusion. Learn why that’s needed to right today’s wrongs.

Press ReleasesSep 29, 2021

New AMA Substance Use & Pain Care Task Force urges action to help patients

Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force recommendations aim to promote evidence-based policy to help end the drug-related overdose and death epidemic.

Overdose Epidemic

Physicians’ progress toward ending the nation’s drug overdose epidemic

Learn more about physicians’ actions toward ending the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic—and what still needs to be done.

Press ReleasesSep 21, 2021

Leading medical groups file amicus brief in Dobbs v. Jackson

New amicus brief demonstrates medical consensus of opposition to Mississippi abortion restriction legislation.

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AMA Equity Plan 2021-2023

Embedding equity into medicine requires planning and honesty. To meet this moment, the AMA has developed a plan to advance racial and social justice.

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Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses boosters and pending authorizations

Why to start screening patients for prediabetes 5 years earlier

3 ways to make your organization proactive on physician burnout

5 cases where AMA has fiercely defended medical liability reforms

How IMGs have changed the face of American medicine

Daniel Rivers talks U.S. clinical experience opportunities for IMGs

The real estate market & student loans: Hot topics in a changing landscape

IMG residency-applicant interviews: Follow these do’s and don’ts

Oct. 8, 2021: Advocacy Update spotlight on health insurance competition study

Oct. 8, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Email newsletter publications

Headspace for AMA members

Specialty and Service Society meeting agenda & resources

November 2021 Special Meeting health equity education

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

CME: Council on Medical Education reports

About the Women Physicians Section (WPS)

Women Physicians Section (WPS) meetings and events

AMA Research Challenge

AMA Research Challenge social media kit

Health Care Disparities

Correct count matters for Asian American, Pacific Islander health

Oct. 8, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Prioritizing Equity video series

Q&A: How this Black doctor fights COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Why organized medicine must “clean up” to advance health equity

New AMA Substance Use & Pain Care Task Force urges action to help patients

Physicians’ progress toward ending the nation’s drug overdose epidemic

Leading medical groups file amicus brief in Dobbs v. Jackson

Membership Moves Medicine™

AMA Equity Plan 2021-2023