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      Two North Dakota legal provisions turn physicians into mouthpieces for misleading messages that could harm patients. The AMA is suing to overturn them. 
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      Physicians urge the agency to address risks and to focus on patient outcomes, particularly for systems that use machine learning.
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      The racial and ethnic makeup of American physicians doesn’t align with the racial and ethnic makeup of America. That needs to change.
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      When the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to rule on cases that involve adolescents, justices trusted what the AMA has to say about developing minds. 

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      Texas Tech’s decision to no longer consider race in medical school admissions decisions is a setback to the profession’s efforts on diversity and health equity.
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      Discounts for AMA members make it possible to keep a practice well-equipped and running smoothly while saving at every step of the way.
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      Highlights from the 2019 AMA Annual Meeting

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      During the 67th INN Consultation, a discussion occurred on the future challenge of naming non-antibody scaffold (engineered) proteins in clinical use. It was suggested that during the 68th INN Consultation a new suffix for these types of proteins be evaluated.
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2019 MAS Annual Meeting highlights

Review highlights from the Minority Affairs Section (MAS) 2019 Annual Meeting.

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Groups (Sections) Annual Meeting registration, travel & hotel

Register, make travel arrangements and reserve child care for the Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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MAS Annual Meeting agenda & resources

Find the agenda, documents, meeting app and additional resources for the 2019 MAS Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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2019 Annual Meeting of AMA Member Groups (Sections)

Influence policy, attend educational programs and network. Member Groups (Sections) meetings are June 6-8, with the HOD business meeting held June 8-12.

Minority Affairs

2018 MAS Interim Meeting Highlights

View the highlights of the meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.

Population Care

Criminal justice reform can improve public health

Mass incarceration poses a threat to public health, fueling chronic disease and mental illness that physicians must address. Working for criminal justice reform can save money and lives.

Minority Affairs

AMA Minority Affairs Section: 2016 AMA Annual Meeting

The AMA Minority Affairs Section Annual Meeting heard from the patient safety officer for The Joint Commission. The meeting also had a forum on House of Delegates reports and resolutions that impact minority physicians and patients.

Minority Affairs

AMA Minority Affairs Section: 2015 Interim Meeting highlights

A group of 50 physician and medical student volunteers from the AMA Minority Affairs Section (AMA-MAS) and the Medical Student Section conducted concurrent programming at two local elementary schools in Georgia.

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Physicians discuss racial bias and health in JAMA Viewpoint

A Viewpoint in JAMA, titled “Racial bias in health care and health: Challenges and opportunities,” discusses the potential contribution of societal racial bias to disparities in health care and health status. The physician authors look at what can be done to approach these interconnected issues.

Minority Affairs

Meeting highlights of the AMA Minority Affairs Section

The AMA Minority Affairs Section (MAS) kicked off its annual meeting with Doctors Back to School Improving Health Outcomes visits to two schools on Chicago’s South Side. The visits were part of a collaborative effort with the AMA Medical Student Section.
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