Precision health holds the promise of providing the right treatment to the right person at the right time. But to do this, it needs the help of augmented intelligence (AI), often called artificial ...
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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 ...
The AMA House of Delegates declared firearm violence a public health crisis at the 2016 Annual Meeting, which convened in the aftermath of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando where 49 ...
Pediatricians, even those delivering emergency care, are not immune to the woes that prior authorization creates for patients and the physicians caring for them. On any given day across the nation, ...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in Garland v. VanDerStok to determine if the federal government can lawfully regulate firearms assembled from kits, commonly known as “ghost guns.” ...
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 ...
About half of all women 40 or older in the U.S. have dense breasts, a risk factor for breast cancer. But University of Iowa Health Care is beating the odds with a diagnostic tool that more efficiently ...
With distractions just a click away, some minds struggle to tune out the noise. For children, teens or adults who are inclined to race ahead, juggle thoughts and wrestle with focus, the problem is ...
The AMA and other organizations have added people directly affected by menthol cigarette smoking as plaintiffs to a lawsuit they filed earlier this year that aims to ensure that the Food and Drug ...
AMA policy defines health equity as “optimal health for all,” but in the AMA’s hometown of Chicago, inequities are evident in a 14-year life-expectancy gap between affluent neighborhoods and those on ...
When Amy A. Jibilian, MD, a pediatrician, took on the role of chief wellness officer (CWO) at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) in July 2023, there was already a solid foundation in place to address ...