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Read the 2025 AMA Joy in Medicine® magazine to see if your organization has been recognized for dedication to physician well-being.

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AMA advocates for guardrails in physician data collection to reduce burnout

New guardrails provide direction in the use of personal and biological data to improve professional wellbeing, reduce physician burnout.

Press Releases
Bruce A. Scott, MD, at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the HOD
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AMA president: Doctors must turn discontent into decisive action

In a fiery address, outgoing AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, urged physicians to be unrelenting in their efforts to fix a broken U.S. health system. 

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Fighting for Physicians
Bruce A. Scott, MD, speech at podium at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the HOD
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Immediate Past President Bruce Scott, MD, address at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the HOD

Bruce Scott, MD, addresses the AMA House of Delegates at the 2025 Annual Meeting in an urgent call to action to physicians. Access the transcript of the speech or recording.

Speeches
AMA Update for June 6, 2025: AMA Annual Meeting 2025: Budget reconciliation bill update and AMA advocacy in action
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AMA Annual Meeting 2025: Budget reconciliation bill update and AMA advocacy in action

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about advocacy in health care and the latest about Medicare reform.

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AMA Update
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One doctor’s journey from burnout to purposeful practice

With Privia Health, physicians in private practice reclaim autonomy, elevate patient care and rediscover professional fulfillment. 

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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7 steps to cut doctors’ regulatory burdens in your organization

Such burdens fuel physician dissatisfaction and burnout, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here is a road map for doctors and compliance professionals to cut the regulatory thicket.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
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How health systems can help doctors reclaim joy, purpose and balance

Empowered by methodical problem solving and refining use of technology, R. John Sawyer, PhD, is taking on physician burnout head on at Ochsner Health.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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American Conference on Physician Health

Join us in 2027 for the American Conference on Physician Health™ (ACPH) for the latest research discourse related to physicians’ health.

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Physician well-being tracks higher, but so much more work remains

AMA efforts are helping drive a steady but significant decline in the burnout rate among physicians.

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