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 ...

What are the statistics on vaccines? Are people getting vaccinated? What are common vaccines for children? Can kids get bird flu? Is it COVID season? AMA's Vice President of Science, Medicine 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 ...

A U.S. surgeon general’s advisory last year raised alarms about loneliness and social isolation in the U.S. A sobering example of this epidemic is the dramatic rise in suicide rates among kids 8–12 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whether you are coming from the workforce or straight from college, the transition to medical school can be daunting. “Starting medical school was interesting because there seemed to be a lot more ...

The audience at the HLTH health innovation conference in Las Vegas didn’t hear the answer they were expecting when members of an augmented intelligence (AI) expert panel were asked whether health ...

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 ...

Social media platforms are used by nearly everyone. So, experts say, when it comes to protecting children from their damaging effects, parents and pediatricians should tackle the topic early and often ...

Diagnosis, treatment and self-management—these are the key tasks that challenge most physicians. And any resource that makes them faster or more efficient is a godsend. New AI tools can simplify a ...