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AMA Update for Feb. 3, 2025: Medical mythbuster Joel Bervell, MD, on how to teach kids about medicine and address misinformation
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Medical mythbuster Joel Bervell, MD, on how to teach kids about medicine and address misinformation

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the impacts of social media on health care.

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Health Equity
AMA Update
A team of doctors
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7 Min Read

Meet some of the physician leaders shaping health care's future

Health systems need strong chief medical officers and other leadership to move medicine forward. The vision of these doctors should not escape notice.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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Medical mythbuster Joel Bervell, MD, on how to teach kids about medicine and address misinformation

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about the impacts of social media on health care.

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Health Equity
AMA Update Podcast
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New standards enable better reporting of doctors’ race, ethnicity

Knowing the characteristics of the physician workforce is key to advancing diversity, equity. A new initiative makes it easier to collect and share data.

Health Equity
Woman gives a comforting hand hold to a man lying in a hospital bed
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Palliative care is essential for seriously ill patients—at any age

Physicians should integrate the evidence-based use of palliative care into treatment for a broader range of patients who need symptom relief, the AMA says.

AMA Policies
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How bad epidemiological data can drive distrust in health care

It can bias how evidence is applied in clinical practice, exacerbating health inequities. The problem takes on more importance in the era of big data.

Ethics
Doctor and patient talking in office
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These women physicians are tackling issues to improve patient care

Women doctors from innovative health systems across the U.S. are working to transform health care and advance equity in medicine.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
Judith Flores, MD
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5 Min Read

Indigenous patients may not trust you. Know how to break through.

Even Native American physicians can have trouble building cultural competence with Indigenous patients, but every doctor should take the time to listen.

Population Health
Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH
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AMA’s first chief health equity officer to depart at year’s end

Under Dr. Aletha Maybank’s direction and guidance, the AMA has become a relevant national voice on equity in medicine and an important ally to organizations that have long been committed to this work.

Leadership