AMA Health System Member Program

Providing enterprise solutions to equip your leadership, physicians and care teams with resources to advance your programs while being recognized as a leader. 

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6 Min Read

Rethinking stroke prevention for asymptomatic carotid disease

For severe carotid narrowing without symptoms, adding stenting to medications and lifestyle changes can cut stroke risk by about half.

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Chronic Diseases
Health System Spotlight

Help Move Medicine

Medicine doesn’t stand still, and neither do we. AMA members don’t just keep up with medicine—they shape its future.

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4 Min Read

Physician, help thyself: 5 terrific advice books doctors recommend

AMA member physicians share life- and practice-changing gems that they have found in the self-help and business leadership aisles of the bookstore.

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Med School Life
Health System Spotlight
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5 Min Read

11 great books hand-picked by doctors for your reading list

AMA members outline some of their favorite nonfiction reads related to health care—books that are eye-opening, provocative and moving.

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Med School Life
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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5 Min Read

10 memoirs that offer inspiring accounts of life in medicine

AMA members outline some of their favorite memoirs that will give medical students and physicians a broader glimpse into life as a doctor. 

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Med School Life
"Shadow Me" Specialty Series
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4 Min Read

When residents feel like they belong, they perform better: study

Feeling connected and valued could make a difference in training outcomes. How can leaders foster more belonging in residency programs?

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Resident Wellness
Thriving in Residency
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8 Min Read

CEOs push physician well-being from perk to performance goal

Do not ignore burnout. CEOs at Henry Ford Health, Jefferson Health and Rush share how leadership, metrics and workflow changes support patients and doctors.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
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3 Min Read

How these health systems are prioritizing physician well-being

Reducing burnout is essential to high-quality patient care and a sustainable health system. Learn how health systems are driving solutions to physician burnout.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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10 Min Read

What doctors wish patients knew about essential tremor

Essential tremor is often mistaken for Parkinson’s disease, but management is distinctly different. Efstathios Kondylis, MD, of Henry Ford Health, shares more.

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Prevention & Wellness
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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5 Min Read

Do physicians need to switch jobs to climb the career ladder?

Newly published research shows that is often the case in academic surgery. Learn what the data shows and get tips to find a lasting physician career fit.

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Physician Health
Transitioning to Practice