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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At Brown, syllabus covers treating opioid-use disorder

A program at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is creating physicians equipped to treat opioid-use disorder as residents.

Improve GME
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Many influential physicians share common trait: AMA membership

AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD, and 25 other AMA members are included in a health care magazine's list of most influential physician executives and leaders.

Leadership
Mary Anne McCaffree, MD
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Women bear greater burden of opioid epidemic

While treatment for opioid-use disorder remains gender blind, the impact and effects of the disease are not.

Behavioral Health
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June 16, 2017: National Advocacy Update

HHS update on WannaCry, OCR resources on reporting after cyberattacks and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Court case could stifle collection of patient safety information

Court set to decide whether patient safety information protected under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act is subject to discovery in liability case.

Judicial Advocacy
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Feb. 9, 2017: State Advocacy Update

Drug testing appropriateness document, Rhode Island opioid educational toolbox and more in the latest of AMA's state and local advocacy efforts.

Advocacy Update
Top State Issues 2017
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5 issues physicians will take to state legislators in 2017

Legislation on physician-led team-based care and reversing the nation’s opioid epidemic and Medicaid are among the top issues faced at the state level this year.

State Advocacy
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AMA analyses support blocking the Anthem-Cigna, Aetna-Humana mergers

Competition and choice hang in balance as the health insurance industry slides toward corporate monopolies.

Press Releases
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Physician efforts to reverse opioid epidemic quantified

Reversing the opioid epidemic requires finding the most effective tools for treatment. New fact sheet offers some quantifiable progress. Physicians are using prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP), medication-assisted treatment and naloxone to fight the battle.

Behavioral Health