This new year, look beyond diet and exercise and add health goals to your resolution list. AMA member physicians share health-related resolutions to add.
Rabia Nagda, MD, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics, emphasizes that every environment where kids spend time should be built with fall risk in mind.
This boot camp focuses on time-saving tools and strategies to reform organizations and enhance professional satisfaction and well-being.
The AMA provides regulatory clarification to physicians and their care teams in an effort to aid physicians in their day-to-day practice environment.
A framework for educators and administrators who create programs for coaching medical students—view videos, purchase books or download directories of workshop participants.
The AMA backs bipartisan legislation to reissue 40,000 unused immigrant visas for physicians and nurses.
Find information about the responsibilities and terms of service for the Medical Student Section (MSS) Governing Council and how to apply.
Get tips to distinguish yourself and detail your unique skills and experiences during residency interviews.
JAMA Network journals have editorial fellowships—chances for residents, fellows and early-career physicians to explore a career in publishing.
In residency and fellowship training, the business side of medicine often gets short shrift. Catch up on what you need to succeed in health care.
Learn about the current state of competition in health insurance markets across the U.S. and review in-depth analysis on market concentration.
Discover the AMA's position on health insurance mergers and why the AMA believes fewer insurance carriers undermine physician practices and harm patient care.
ChangeMedEd® is a national bi-annual conference that brings together innovative leaders across the medical education continuum to reimagine the way future physicians are trained. Learn more.
The 2026 American Medical Association Medical Student Advocacy Conference (MAC) will be held March 5-6, 2026. Registration is now open.
The Specialty and Service Society (SSS) is the largest caucus in the AMA House of Delegates.
Find out about the election bylaws and policies for being elected to the AMA House of Delegates.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
The council investigates general ethical conditions and all matters pertaining to the relations of physicians to one another or to the public, and make recommendations to the House of Delegates or the constituent associations through the issuance of reports.
Find information and applications to be considered for a leadership position with the Academic Physicians Section (APS).
Find out how the Academic Physicians Section (APS) develops resolutions and influences policy that may be adopted by the AMA House of Delegates.
These JAMA Patient Pages provide simple explanations of many common psychiatric conditions, including how they are treated.
AMA participates in health care conferences and events held throughout the U.S.A. as well as internationally.
Stay up-to-date on the latest health information exchange news. Information sharing is key to innovations in delivering care. Learn how the AMA is leading the way with health information exchanges.
The AMA joins advocacy groups, professional societies and medical organizations in supporting clinical trial registration and reporting led by AllTrials.
Physicians at the 2015 AMA Annual Meeting voted to adopt new policies to improve data and price transparency. The principles will help the AMA improve the quality of patient care and promote new payment and delivery.
Ensuring patients get equitable care is difficult if you aren’t sure who they really are. The AMA Commission to End Health Care Disparities is investigating the collection of race, ethnicity and preferred language data.
Physicians will face a 2 percent payment penalty in 2017 if they do not successfully report for Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) this year. You can take advantage of a reporting option that can help improve patient outcomes while simultaneously lessening your chances of incurring penalties.
Physicians providing care to Medicare patients this year will face a 2 percent payment penalty in 2016. As the AMA works to lessen this burden, you can take advantage of a new reporting option to improve patient outcomes while simultaneously lessening your chances of incurring penalties.
As more federal regulations require reporting via clinical data registries, it’s important to understand what these registries are and how they work. Here are five things you need to know about clinical data registries and why they matter.
New policies adopted at the 2014 AMA Annual Meeting this week included calls for sorely needed changes to health IT to accommodate physicians and patients’ needs.
Following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) release of physician Medicare claims data—called a “treasure trove” by the media, despite its considerable limitations—the AMA is urging CMS to develop and refine a more selective data set that will help patients and physicians make more informed care choices.
In the podcast (No. 5 in HIMSS’ ongoing HIE series), presenters explain that such technology can make a real difference for patient care, giving physicians access to patients’ health care information even when they receive that care outside of the physician’s organization.
