Health Care Disparities

Overdose Epidemic

Apr 26, 2022 ·

Access to treatment is key in addressing drug-overdose epidemic

Learn what’s driving inequities in the drug-overdose epidemic and why giving patients proven treatments is more effective than incarceration.

Council on Science & Public Health

3 MIN READ

Public health: CSAPH reports

Read reports on this topic for the Council on Science and Public Health (CSAPH) presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.

Health Equity

7 MIN READ

Prioritizing Equity video series

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

Hypertension

3 MIN READ

Improving health outcomes: Hypertension publications

View a collection of AMA publications that highlight the importance of accurate blood pressure (BP) measurement and effective treatment of hypertension.

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Health Equity

Mar 3, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

Doctors see inequity daily. Fellowship helps them dig deeper.

Advance medical justice with like-minded physicians in this pathbreaking fellowship, which pays a stipend. Learn more from two doctors doing it now.

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Health Equity

Feb 14, 2022 ·

4 MIN READ

Health inequity’s no accident, and fixing it will take real purpose

Harvard medical sociologist David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, says that undoing racism’s health effects requires empathy, cutting-edge science.

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Public Health

Feb 9, 2022 ·

6 MIN READ

Help patients understand Nutrition Facts labels to eat smarter

The pandemic has expanded waistlines. Making wiser choices requires navigating food labels. Education from the AMA, FDA can help you guide patients.

Public Health

Feb 7, 2022 ·

16 MIN READ

Gerald Harmon, MD, on what to know about COVID-19 therapeutics [Podcast]

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to podcast updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing therapeutics for COVID-19.

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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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Behavioral health integration (BHI) Overcoming Obstacles webinar series

COVID-19 (2019 novel coronavirus) resource center for physicians

AMA STEPS Forward® webinar series: Recorded events

How COVID-19 telemonitoring sets model for other acute conditions

In pandemic’s 3rd year, medical educators also feel strains

Medical education webinars and virtual discussions

May 2022: Kaplan MCAT stumpers put pre-meds to the test

COMLEX Level 1’s move to pass-fail: What it means for DO students

May 13, 2022: Advocacy Update spotlight on prior auth & Medicare Advantage plans

May 13, 2022: National Advocacy Update

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Business of the June 2022 Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates

2022 Annual Meeting of the HOD: Speakers' updates overview

AMA Constitution & Bylaws

Council on Medical Education reports

Senior Physicians Recognition Month

OMSS elections

About the Office of International Relations

AMA’s international involvement

Health Care Disparities

Access to treatment is key in addressing drug-overdose epidemic

Public health: CSAPH reports

Prioritizing Equity video series

Improving health outcomes: Hypertension publications

Doctors see inequity daily. Fellowship helps them dig deeper.

Health inequity’s no accident, and fixing it will take real purpose

Help patients understand Nutrition Facts labels to eat smarter

Gerald Harmon, MD, on what to know about COVID-19 therapeutics [Podcast]

Membership Moves Medicine™

AMA Equity Plan 2021-2023