Social Determinants of Health

Health Equity

Prioritizing Equity video series

The Prioritizing Equity video series examines how health care equity determines care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public HealthOct 5, 2021

Q&A: How this Black doctor fights COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

AMA member Marcus Christopher Griffith, MD, says community ties are key to helping patients get themselves and loved ones vaccinated.

Press ReleasesSep 29, 2021

New AMA Substance Use & Pain Care Task Force urges action to help patients

Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force recommendations aim to promote evidence-based policy to help end the drug-related overdose and death epidemic.

Advocacy UpdateSep 24, 2021

Sept. 24, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Sweeping $3.5 trillion reconciliation legislation advancing in the House and more in the latest National Advocacy Update.

Overdose Epidemic

Physicians’ progress toward ending the nation’s drug overdose epidemic

Learn more about physicians’ actions toward ending the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic—and what still needs to be done.

Physician going over examination notes with patient, both wearing masks.

Health EquitySep 13, 2021

How race, and racism, enter the exam room in 2021

In the ’60s, Dr. David Satcher’s first patient refused care from a Black doctor. Today, medicine still struggles to advance health equity.

Wide shot of Capitol building and plaza at dawn

Medicare & MedicaidSep 9, 2021

Congress must tackle Medicare pay, telehealth in reconciliation

Massive budget-reconciliation package should stop 2022 Medicare physician payment cliff and keep telehealth’s momentum going after pandemic.

DigitalSep 9, 2021

For smart use of health care AI, start with the right questions

Computers lack common sense. That’s one obstacle to overcome in effectively using health care AI to help physicians deliver excellent patient care.

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AMA Equity Plan 2021-2023

Embedding equity into medicine requires planning and honesty. To meet this moment, the AMA has developed a plan to advance racial and social justice.

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Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses boosters and pending authorizations

Why to start screening patients for prediabetes 5 years earlier

3 ways to make your organization proactive on physician burnout

5 cases where AMA has fiercely defended medical liability reforms

How IMGs have changed the face of American medicine

Daniel Rivers talks U.S. clinical experience opportunities for IMGs

The real estate market & student loans: Hot topics in a changing landscape

IMG residency-applicant interviews: Follow these do’s and don’ts

Oct. 8, 2021: Advocacy Update spotlight on health insurance competition study

Oct. 8, 2021: National Advocacy Update

Email newsletter publications

Headspace for AMA members

Specialty and Service Society meeting agenda & resources

November 2021 Special Meeting health equity education

Council on Long Range Planning & Development (CLRPD) Projects

CME: Council on Medical Education reports

About the Women Physicians Section (WPS)

Women Physicians Section (WPS) meetings and events

AMA Research Challenge

AMA Research Challenge social media kit