Rhode Island CME Requirements

Learn about the State of Rhode Island Department of Health and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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9 states pass bills to fix prior authorization

Nine states and the District of Columbia moved to streamline prior authorization last year. Another 30 states are considering legislation in 2024.

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Prior Authorization
Fighting for Physicians

Leanna (Leif) Knight, MD

Leanna (Leif) Knight, MD, serves as sectional alternate delegate for the Resident & Fellow Section at the American Medical Association.

Residents & Fellows
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Dec 12, 2023 ·
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AMA Advocacy Insights webinar series: Strategies to address the drug overdose and death epidemic

Learn about the nation’s drug overdose and death epidemic, and the efforts made by physicians to end the epidemic in this AMA Advocacy Insights webinar.

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Events
Advocacy Insights Webinar Series
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How state licensing has evolved to meet telehealth’s challenges

Standards of care aren’t dependent on the modality in which care is delivered, so telehealth services must be held to same standard as in-person care.

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Digital
Fighting for Physicians
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What doctors wish patients knew about social isolation

Social isolation is a growing epidemic that can dangerously affect mental and physical health. Four physicians share how to combat social isolation.  

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Behavioral Health
What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™
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Alarming rise in U.S. maternal mortality signals need for change

Maternal mortality rates remain high across all racial and ethnic groups. More must be done to push positive change on the issue.

Population Health
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AMA to urge end of noncompete covenants in many physician contracts

The AMA House of Delegates voted today to oppose noncompete contracts for physicians in clinical practice.

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Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium: 2013-2022

The AMA collaborated with medical schools to accelerate change in medical education and create a system that trains physicians who meet the needs of today's patients and anticipate future changes.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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Feb. 24, 2023: National Advocacy Update

FDA advisory panels vote 19-0 in favor of OTC naloxone and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Advocacy Update