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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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Growing and sustaining your private practice

The AMA creates tools and resources aimed at increasing efficiency, engagement and success, so you can focus on your patients and keep your practice open and sustainable.

Private Practices
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7 Min Read

How Geisinger gives doctors the tools to support each other

Since starting at Geisinger as CWO, Susan Parisi, MD, has seen the peer-support program grow from 17 participants to 400, greatly impacting well-being.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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7 physician private practice success stories you should know

The AMA offers great resources to help physicians get started in private practice. Learn how these doctors have thrived in this setting. 

Private Practices
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Practice innovation strategies: Physician burnout

Find proven approaches on how to engage health system leadership, understand physician burnout and how to address it, and develop a culture that supports well-being.

AMA STEPS Forward®
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These 6 factors go a long way in making doctors feel valued

Whether physicians feel valued is often the difference between fulfillment and burnout. Safety and teamwork are among the essentials, survey shows.

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Physician Health
Fighting for Physicians
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12 Min Read

Prior authorization in children's health care and prescription delays due to insurance issues [Podcast]

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about prior authorization in children's health care.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Update Podcast
AMA Update for Sept. 20, 2024: Prior authorization in children's health care and prescription delays due to insurance issues
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Prior authorization in children's health care and prescription delays due to insurance issues

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about prior authorization in children's health care.

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Prior Authorization
AMA Update
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Sept. 20, 2024: State Advocacy Update

North Carolina revises uniform credentialing application and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update
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What it's like in general surgery: Shadowing Dr. Gachassin

Philip Gachassin, MD, says work-life balance is difficult to achieve as a general surgeon, but making a difference for patients is highly rewarding.

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