The AMA Board of Trustees has chosen John Whyte, MD, MPH, a nationally renowned public health advocate, physician executive, corporate strategist and communication expert, as its next executive vice ...

James Byrne, MD, PhD, of University of Iowa Health Care, is doing highly innovative research to improve patient outcomes. The NIH is noticing. In a bold stride toward transforming cancer treatment, ...

HCA Healthcare is working to give its physicians the tools they need to flourish in practice, grow in their careers and deliver high-quality care. At HCA Healthcare, success with physician recruitment ...

This column is part of a series of firsthand physician accounts that detail how AMA Health System Program members are moving medicine to support patient health and the medical profession. No two ...

What’s the news: Last year, 74.4% of physicians surveyed reported that telehealth was used in their medical practices—nearly three times the share in 2018—according to a recent AMA report showing that ...

What’s the news: Physicians can continue to prescribe controlled substances based on telehealth patient visits after the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) extended this regulatory flexibility ...

With so much pain and despair in the last two years, in the wake of this pandemic and a politically fractured country, I admit to having had real questions, and some trepidation, as I approached this ...

A better picture of how telehealth will be used, paid for and regulated came into focus in 2023, though emerging state and federal laws and policies continue to extend temporary measures enacted in ...

Video telemedicine visits may be good adjuncts to in-person care, especially in specialties where diagnoses are confirmed through clinical opinion rather than relying on physical examination, ...

Consistent exercise is good for a person’s health and well-being—that much is well-known. But how many minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity are needed to lower the risk of mortality? A ...

“I see myself in the future as being more like an air traffic controller—seeing all the patients with fractures and injuries all across the Delaware Valley, where I happen to practice, and help in ...

How is AI used in the medical field? Who regulates AI in health care? In this episode: how AI is disrupting health care and patient data privacy. Our guest is Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice ...