HIV, STIs, Viral Hepatitis and LTBI Routine Screening Toolkit

The AMA’s toolkit for community health centers and emergency departments guides you from patient intake to linkage to care.

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Tool helps patients discuss end-of-life decisions with physician

Without end-of life decisions on file, a patient’s care may not reflect what they actually want. Stanford created a template tool patients use to describe desired treatment interventions, preference for palliative sedation, and more.

AMA STEPS Forward®
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The physician's essential art of balancing emotion and logic

Toggling between the rational and emotional sides of a physician’s minds is key to delivering patient care. How do you train the mind to find a balance between these two states? One resident physician discusses how he learned to toggle.

Resident Wellness
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Confidential patient safety information threatened in Florida court case

What if a state agency does not request patient safety information documents from a physician or hospital? Are those confidential documents protected from disclosure in medical liability litigation? Such a case is being considered the Supreme Court of Florida.

Judicial Advocacy
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AMA: Calif. takes right approach to protect against insurance mergers

The AMA applauds California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones for taking a stand to prevent a collapse of competition in the state's health insurance market.

Press Releases
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Third-year med students get advice on caring for patients

Med school students preparing to start making rounds get advice on shaping crucial physician-patient relationship. Professor of surgery tells students how to navigate the routines and roles of the wards.

Med School Life
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California joins growing opposition to insurer mergers

The California Department of Insurance urged the Justice Department to block the Anthem-Cigna merger saying the merger would substantially lessen competition and increase premiums. CDI used survey information from the AMA and the California Medical Association to arrive at its finding.

Access to Care
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AMA applauds California for preserving health insurance competition

The AMA agrees with California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in opposing the proposed merger of two corporate giants in the health insurance industry.

Press Releases
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EHRs to MOC: Physicians tackle practice issues in new policy

Policymaking at the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting covered a range of topics that affect a physician’s practice. Among them were maintenance of certification concerns, improving patient safety of electronic health records and coverage of telemedicine services.

Annual Meeting
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Physicians take on timely public health issues

Physicians at the AMA Annual Meeting adopted new policies aimed at several public health issues including controlled LED lighting to safe provision of dry needling procedures to better training for hemorrhage control.

Annual Meeting