Patient Safety

Patient Support & Advocacy

High court ruling must avoid encouraging involuntary commitment

Physicians strike a delicate balance in deciding whether patients with serious mental illnesses require involuntary commitment. A new case could create more legal exposure for doctors making such hard calls.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Thinking outside the box to improve inpatient outcomes

Learn from Ochsner Health System’s Richard Milani, MD, about innovations that can make hospitals safer spaces for patients.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Truth in advertising

See how the AMA's Truth in Advertising campaign shows the need for health care providers to clearly state their level of training, education and licensing.

Sustainability

Cybersecurity: Ransomware attacks shut down clinics, hospitals

Cybersecurity is not just a technical issue; it’s a patient safety issue. Learn more from the AMA about how to protect your practice and your patients.

Patient Support & Advocacy

This is how generic drugs get their names

There’s a formula behind those funny names. Foremost, it’s meant to eliminate confusion and improve patient safety.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Governor’s move promotes anesthesia patient safety

Allowing nurse anesthetists to practice without physician supervision is not in patients’ best interests or consistent with state law, Mississippi’s governor says.

Patient Support & Advocacy

Patient safety: How to discuss it, how to respond when harm occurs

The AMA offers new training to help medical students, residents and practicing physicians understand and improve patient safety.

Shannon Curtis, AMA assistant director for federal affairs

Digital

Wearables, the FDA and patient advice: What physicians should know

Regulatory status, patient privacy issues, and the clinical questions that arise. Here’s what doctors should keep in mind on wearables and mobile health apps.

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Tracking the Wuhan coronavirus: 5 things doctors must know

Reforming pain-management education for the next generation of physicians

When a colleague struggles with burnout, here’s how to reach out

How integrated behavioral health can transform practices

What’s your resident persona and how could it shape your career?

Medical students: Learn why team-based care is so critical

What makes for the best premed school? 4 key considerations

How a combined residency program can shape your career

National advocacy

More physicians being sued by patients they’ve never treated

These 5 AMA member benefits help medical students thrive

Auto & transportation discounts

Interim Meeting education sessions

Proceedings of the 2019 Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates

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

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

LGBTQ leadership opportunities

Minority Affairs Section leadership opportunities

Jordan Lippincott: Boosting access to care for underserved

L. Carlos Zapata, MD: Shaping evidence-based health care policy

Patient Safety

High court ruling must avoid encouraging involuntary commitment

Thinking outside the box to improve inpatient outcomes

Truth in advertising

Cybersecurity: Ransomware attacks shut down clinics, hospitals

This is how generic drugs get their names

Governor’s move promotes anesthesia patient safety

Patient safety: How to discuss it, how to respond when harm occurs

Wearables, the FDA and patient advice: What physicians should know

Membership Moves Medicine™