The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about pertussis, treatment for whooping cough symptoms and more.

Exclusive AMA data shows that while job stress is easing and satisfaction is rising, each physician specialty requires targeted support. After years of rising, physician burnout rates are showing ...

Despite mask mandates expiring in states that had the strictest laws and the majority of Americans less conscious about practicing physical distancing, about 4 million Medicare patients received ...

Primary care physicians typically spend 16 minutes of each vacation day on the EHR. Health systems are trying to reverse that trend. A physician’s most intrusive, unwelcome and demanding travel ...

For physicians already in private practice or those considering it, the AMA has pulled together a great collection of CME to get you up to speed on the management, financing and regulatory aspects.

The number of lives lost to the U.S. drug-overdose epidemic hit a record high in 2020 and the number continues to trend upward, highlighting the importance of a recent collaboration between the AMA ...

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 ...

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 ...

Establishing AI governance can be daunting, even for big health systems with dedicated C-suite experts on the job. Find out how to move forward. Setting the policies, processes and principles that ...

JAMA Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, explains how physicians can stay current on the latest trends in health care AI. In the span of 24 hours last month, a podcast about ...

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) today published an update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set that includes new vaccine-specific codes to report immunizations for ...

Do older adults get lonely? How often do doctors feel lonely? What does long-term isolation do to a person? How often do adults feel lonely? How can loneliness be addressed? What does loneliness look ...