Telehealth capacity ramped up quickly early in the pandemic, but created a lot of variation along the way. An AMA work group helped develop uniformity. The pre-Christmas continuous resolution passed ...

During Super Bowl week and on the big day, this New Orleans health system will use cutting-edge tech to help fans get the medical attention they need. With the buzz building ahead of Super Bowl LIX in ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

International Medical Graduates who seek entry into U.S. programs of Graduate Medical Education (GME) must obtain a visa that permits clinical training to provide medical services. Nearly one-fourth ...

Often wrongly called the “stomach flu,” norovirus sickens tens of millions of Americans annually. Two physicians explain how to prevent and treat it. It seems as though everyone has experienced a ...

Vaccines save millions of lives each year. Two infectious diseases physicians discuss the key role they should play for the loved ones in your family. Immunizations have prevented countless cases of ...

How to be healthy in the new year: What is lifestyle medicine? Does lifestyle medicine work? What are the benefits of lifestyle medicine? How to become a lifestyle medicine doctor? Our guest and chair ...

Provide the best patient experience. Advance health equity. Improve patients’ health outcomes. Deliver health care services at a reasonable cost. Support the well-being of the health care workforce.

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

In the high-stakes world of baseball, a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) can spell disaster for a pitcher's career. Enter Tommy John surgery—a groundbreaking procedure that has turned countless ...

Payers erect roadblocks allegedly designed to save money for the health system and protect their resources, but when patients and their doctors face care delays—or when they give up and abandon ...

The time-wasting, care-delaying, insurance company cost-control process known as prior authorization has gone from a rarely employed tool to discourage use of extremely pricey interventions to a form ...