Physician schedules often fail to account for time spent on nonpatient-facing tasks. R. John Sawyer, PhD, of Ochsner Health, shares what to change. Physician schedules often fail to block off the time ...

Behemoth health insurers claim this time-wasting practice improves care and saves everyone money. Look beyond the myths and find out the facts. Knowing the truth is important because prior ...

Medicare physician payment has dropped 33% since 2001. The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission outlines what Congress can do now. What’s the news: The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...

Mary Pan, MD, shares how the Washington Permanente Medical Group is working to reduce its burnout rate among women, and how augmented intelligence can help. Mary Pan, MD, remembers what it was like ...

From audio-video visits to remote monitoring, new AMA handbook details the right CPT codes to use. But Medicare’s still asking for modifiers. New entries pertaining to digital medicine that were ...

When blood-pressure cuffs are too small, it can lead to higher BP about 40% of the time, which leads to improper treatment. Change is needed. When shopping for a blood-pressure cuff to use at home, ...

Facing a growing aging population and ongoing physician shortage, the rural health system is partnering with universities to recruit and retain doctors. Growing up in rural Minnesota, Joshua Crabtree, ...

Like a particularly high-stakes game of Trivial Pursuit, good physician leadership requires getting more than just one piece of the pie done correctly. Great physician leaders need to be adept on ...

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 ...

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 ...

From AI basics to ethical use in the health care system, a CME series from the AMA gives physicians key information on this emerging field. If you aren’t already using augmented intelligence (AI) in ...

When Brian Goldberg and Sam Shuman met as first-year students at Rush University Medical College in 2021, they quickly discovered a shared passion for medicine—and a strikingly similar professional ...