Preventive services can be provided at no cost to patients Preventive services can be provided at no cost to patients Due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), when physicians order certain evidence-based ...

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What is the Geisinger health system’s approach to value-based care? “The right care for the right patient at the right time with the right person,” Narayana Murali, MD, told the audience at the HLTH ...

The EHR inbox has become a primary means of communication in health care, but the tedious task of routing these messages disproportionally falls on physicians who too often become the primary triage ...

Whether you are coming from the workforce or straight from college, the transition to medical school can be daunting. “Starting medical school was interesting because there seemed to be a lot more ...

Before physician offices, hospitals and urgent-care centers took over as the dominant places for patients to seek the health care they needed, physicians brought their skills to patients’ homes, often ...

AMA members have access to curated, mini-CME tracks designed to help physicians meet the educational criteria for the one-time, eight-hour training requirement for all Drug Enforcement Administration ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking to diversify clinical trial participation and to have a more precise description and understanding of those who participate. The agency’s proposed ...

Most physicians wish they could spend less time writing clinical notes. But experts say that the time and energy needed to develop or learn to use new templates can discourage adoption of changes, ...

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 ...

What are the statistics on vaccines? Are people getting vaccinated? What are common vaccines for children? Can kids get bird flu? Is it COVID season? AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine and ...

A U.S. surgeon general’s advisory last year raised alarms about loneliness and social isolation in the U.S. A sobering example of this epidemic is the dramatic rise in suicide rates among kids 8–12 ...