The AMA is committed to tackling the issues surrounding maternal mortality and morbidity. Download the PDFs and learn more about ongoing efforts on improving maternal health.
The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about firearm injury prevention.
Find resources on organizing workflow and developing strategies to reduce cognitive load and preserve your attention.
Change Healthcare experiences a cyber security issue impacting prior procedure authorizations, electronic prescribing and other patient care functions.
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Start physician residency strong by grasping what is expected of you from the very first day of your graduate medical education training.
Each month, the AMA Medical Student Outreach Program (MSOP) identifies one event to highlight as the Section Involvement Grant Event of the Month. Find out more.
The USMLE Step 1 exam is a major milestone for medical students. The AMA offers answers to several key medical student questions about the test.
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A 17-year-old complains of severe chest pain and a cardiac exam reveals a leathery rub on systole and diastole.
Prep with help from Kaplan Medical. A woman with a history of bipolar disorder type I presents with fatigue, forgetfulness and poor concentration.
Informal AMA survey underscores ongoing, devastating impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack on physician practices and more in the latest Advocacy Update spotlight.
AMA leads effort calling on CMS to reverse CEHRT utilization changes for ACO/APM participants and more in the latest Medicare Payment Reform Advocacy Update.
Medical students who join the AMA enjoy exclusive member benefits and perks to help them personally and professionally on their road to residency. Find out more.
Celebrate your grad’s incredible accomplishment by activating their AMA membership. Learn how.
Find travel, hotel, child care, and inauguration details for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates taking place June 7-12 in Chicago.
In the April 15 update, the speakers provide details about the candidate webpages, the election manual and the process for conducting candidate interviews.
Apply for a leadership position by submitting the required documentation by the deadline.
Download PDFs of reports on this topic from the Council on Medical Education presented during the AMA Interim and Annual Meetings.
Find the agenda PDF, documents and more for the 2024 MAS Annual Meeting on June 7 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Find the agenda, documents and more information for the 2024 OMSS Annual Meeting on June 7 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
The 2024 International Conference on Physician Health will be held Oct. 17–Oct. 19, 2024. Learn more.
This two-day boot camp Sept. 23-24, 2024, is designed for clinical and operational change agents looking to eliminate unnecessary work and free up more time to focus on what matters most–patient care.
Meaningful use is the use of certified EHR software in the health care system to improve efficiency, safety, and quality of care. Stay current with the latest meaningful use articles and news from AMA.
Legislation adopted by Congress will allow a physician who applies for a hardship exemption from the 2015 electronic health record meaningful use program to be exempted from the penalties that would have been levied in 2017.
Physicians shared their own revisions to Stage 3 of the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program. Their plans call for revising the program to improve flexibility, expand patient engagement, and clear the way for increased health IT interoperability and innovation.
The AMA released a set of recommendations to improve the Meaningful Use program while focusing on promoting the interoperability of electronic health records.
The 2015 AMA Interim Meeting took place this week. Read these highlights from the meeting, and see AMA Wire's® full coverage of the event to learn more.
The AMA gathered physician and medical student leaders during its Interim Meeting and voted to adopt new policies on emerging health care topics.
Congress just received an urgent call to action from physicians: Unless lawmakers intervene in the federal electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program, physicians likely will abandon the program completely.
Electronic health record vendors must test their products for usability. A new comparative evaluation employs a framework with a 15-point scale to compare the design and testing processes for optimizing EHR usability. The top 20 products were reviewed.
New regulations outline requirements for the electronic health record meaningful use program for Medicare. Find out what physicans need to know about some of the most important changes that will affect a medical practice.
Two major regulations pertaining to the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program were issued. The final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes changes in current reporting requirements and sets forth requirements for meaningful use Stage 3, which is planned for implementation in 2018.