Opioid Epidemic

Judicial Advocacy

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

From the E/M overhaul to the opioid epidemic, here’s how the AMA has shown itself to be the physician’s powerful ally in health care this year.

Publications & Newsletters

Catch this year’s must-listen medical podcasts

Physician well-being, public health and the details of physician contacts were topics that generated interest, and podcast downloads, this year.

Tani Malhotra, MD, maternal fetal medicine fellow

Opioids

This doctor advocates for pregnant patients with opioid-use disorder

Maternal and fetal medicine fellow Tani Malhotra, MD, knows the fear felt by mothers with opioid-use disorder. She’s working to make better policy to address it.

Delegate speaking at the microphone during the 2019 HOD Interim Meeting

Opioids

Doctors back innovative local efforts to battle opioid epidemic

Communities’ situations are unique, but a strategy effective in fighting the opioid epidemic in one area can have useful lessons for programs elsewhere.

Female delegate speaking into microphone at the 2019 HOD Interim Meeting.

Public Health

AMA touts pathways to train more addiction medicine physicians

Only one in 10 patients with a substance-use disorder receives treatment. New pathways give doctors a chance to become addiction medicine specialists to fill that treatment gap.

Press Releases

AMA president speaks to delegates at Interim Meeting

AMA President Patrice A. Harris, M.D., detailed AMA’s ongoing efforts to reinforce science and evidence-based approaches to remove barriers to patient care.

Interim Meeting

With bold actions, physicians earn public’s trust: AMA president

Doctors can use the public’s faith in them to fiercely advocate for the greater good, Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA, says in the AMA House of Delegates’ opening session.

Opioids

Fighting stigma, building a career treating substance-use disorders

Learn how AMA member Alena Balasanova, MD, is helping to fill the gaps in addiction psychiatry and medication-assisted treatment in Nebraska.

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How decision science can help with gut-wrenching medical choices

Medicare’s diabetes prevention benefit: What doctors should know

Myth or fact? You must ask about patients' pain at every consult

6 ways to improve Medicare Advantage physician networks

2 skills to help you build better relationships with patients

AMA program will create new leaders in health systems science

Burnout prevention can begin in medical school, residency training

4 keys to maintaining personal wellness during USMLE prep

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

Why the HHS conscience-rights rule was blocked in court

Auto & transportation discounts

Loans & financial services

Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

Interim Meeting education sessions

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

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

Senior Physicians Section (SPS) leadership opportunities

APS Interim Meeting agenda & resources

Lou Edje, MD: She helps launch family doctors into practice

See who made the list of most influential people in health care

Opioid Epidemic

Where the AMA stands on 7 of the year’s biggest health care issues

Catch this year’s must-listen medical podcasts

This doctor advocates for pregnant patients with opioid-use disorder

Doctors back innovative local efforts to battle opioid epidemic

AMA touts pathways to train more addiction medicine physicians

AMA president speaks to delegates at Interim Meeting

With bold actions, physicians earn public’s trust: AMA president

Fighting stigma, building a career treating substance-use disorders

Membership Moves Medicine™