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 ...

Tiny hands, little feet and smiles turned upside down—parents across the country are on alert as a familiar yet frustrating visitor makes its seasonal rounds: hand, foot and mouth disease. Often ...

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 ...

No more take backsies. That is the AMA’s message for payers who force patients and physicians to meet burdensome documentation requirements in order to prior authorize or precertify care and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

People who live in rural areas of the U.S. are at greater risk of dying from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease and stroke than their urban and suburban ...

As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it’s like to specialize in otolaryngology? Meet Ednan Mushtaq, MD, an otolaryngologist and a featured doctor in the AMA’s “Shadow Me” Specialty Series, ...

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 ...

Endometriosis, a chronic and often painful condition affecting millions of women worldwide, continues to be a significant yet under-recognized health issue. Characterized by the growth of tissue ...