Patient Safety

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.

Digital

Symptom-checking health app often wrong in diagnosing eye problems

Type in your symptoms and find out what’s the matter. Research finds it’s not so simple. Patients could get false reassurance and put off urgently needed care.

Sustainability

Appellate court case puts peer-review protections in danger

A Michigan court ignored a statute and established case law, jeopardizing future patient-safety gains. Doctors say the decision must be reversed.

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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

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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

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Patient Safety

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

Symptom-checking health app often wrong in diagnosing eye problems

Appellate court case puts peer-review protections in danger

Membership Moves Medicine™