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Consumer-driven healthcare: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of key council reports that advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their healthcare by addressing high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.

Medical Service
John A. Rich, MD
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Health systems: To boost vital conditions, follow Rush's playbook

Health systems are community anchors that can help advance optimal health. Find out how Chicago’s Rush University System for Health is doing it.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
John Whyte, MD, at the 2025 AMA Interim Meeting
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New AMA CEO outlines bold vision to shape health care’s future

John Whyte, MD, MPH, told delegates that it is physicians who will drive progress to meet the needs of patients for generations to come. 

Interim Meeting
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AMA is investing in physician leaders to improve community health

The AMA’s new national grant initiative will tap into physician innovation and creative problem-solving to improve health outcomes in communities. 

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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AMA micro grants to help doctors tackle community health challenges

Every day, doctors see the factors that affect their patients’ health. Now, they can get help from the AMA to fund smart approaches to addressing them.

Health Equity
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Driving the Future of Health

AMA is focused on closing the digital health disconnect by providing resources and support for physicians, practices and health systems to optimize digitally enabled care. Download the Future of Health Report PDF to learn more.

Digital
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Chicago health system aims for 50% emissions reduction

Rush University System for Health is reducing emissions with community solar, EV chargers and local laundry—boosting health on Chicago’s West Side.

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Environmental Health
Health System Spotlight
Patient in a doctor's appointment holding hand to throat
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Using health AI in the exam room: What doctors should consider

Hattiesburg Clinic’s Jennifer Bryan, MD, urges doctors to take the lead in health AI use, leveraging benefits while safeguarding accuracy and trust.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
Two people check out their prescriptions in the kitchen
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For this doctor, LGBTQ+ care is about the mission and the moment

The chair of the AMA’s newest section, Shail Maingi, MD, feels new urgency for the AMA’s advocacy and policymaking.

Population Health