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 ...

It takes more than words to show gratitude to physicians. These concrete steps can help doctors feel valued and protect against burnout. Good health care leaders realize that physicians need more than ...

The high court will decide the fate of ACA provision that is estimated to save more than 100,000 lives annually. Whether insurance companies will be required to continue covering the full cost of ...

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health taps Seattle’s sports love by helping eligible patients learn about prostate-cancer screening at sporting events. At a Seattle Kraken game, the energy in the arena is ...

Health system leaders can expect that many of their physicians, C-suite executives, nurses and other employees—and their close family members—will receive their own health care at hospitals and ...

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 ...

Whether you are transitioning to practice or seeking a change midcareer, get up to speed on these medical malpractice insurance basics. You are moving on to the next big step in your career, leaving ...

Few moments in the professional life of a physician are as rewarding, memorable …and terrifying as Match Day, when you symbolically take your first step out of medical school and into a much larger ...

The editors of the world’s top medical journals are sounding the alarm over the predatory practices of some journals that employ aggressive solicitation of manuscripts. Predatory practices include ...

We improve the future by learning from past mistakes, and we ignore those lessons at our peril. Just over a year ago, a devastating ransomware attack on Change Healthcare all but incapacitated our ...

Two doses of MMR vaccine are about 97% effective at preventing measles. With dozens hospitalized in multiple states, the AMA’s president urges vaccination. The AMA is urging everyone who isn’t already ...

Also called whooping cough, pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infection. Alyssa Kuban, MD, of Texas Children’s Pediatrics shares more. It may start with a sniffle or a mild cough—like a ...