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Population Care

Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

That’s one practice tip from a physician expert who explains why there needs to be a greater emphasis on geriatrics in medical training.

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Digital

How can we leverage technology for better suicide prevention?

Technology is a critical tool that needs to be further developed to help save lives. Learn more from the AMA about how that could help.

Public Health

The pioneers of zero suicide take on a new frontier

A laser focus on gun safety in the home has helped Henry Ford Medical Group dramatically reduce suicide among its patients with depression. Now the group’s leaders are targeting the stalemate that has stifled evidence-based action on gun violence.

AMA in the News

AMA in the News: August 2019

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for August 2019.

Press Releases

Physicians take steps against opioid epidemic, mortality rises

AMA opioids report highlights limited effects of mandates to stem an epidemic underscoring the need for focus on removing barriers to evidence-based treatment.

Opioids

Doctors make progress on opioids, call on policymakers to do more

Opioid prescriptions fell by 33% over five years, says 2019 AMA Opioid Task Force report. Next step: Eliminate barriers to evidence-based treatment.

Press Releases

AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations offer roadmap to policymakers

The AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations call on policymakers to eliminate barriers to treatment and to take additional steps to end the opioid epidemic.

Specialty Profiles

What it’s like to specialize in psychiatry: Shadowing Dr. Hart

Dionne Hart, MD, cannot describe what happens on a “typical day” in her life as a psychiatrist, but feels fortunate to work in a field where each day she has new challenges.

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Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

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Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

About the Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD)

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Mental Health

Avoid "elder-speak" with your senior patients

How can we leverage technology for better suicide prevention?

The pioneers of zero suicide take on a new frontier

AMA in the News: August 2019

Physicians take steps against opioid epidemic, mortality rises

Doctors make progress on opioids, call on policymakers to do more

AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations offer roadmap to policymakers

What it’s like to specialize in psychiatry: Shadowing Dr. Hart

Membership Moves Medicine™