The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Learn more about cervical cancer screening at home and more.

Exclusive AMA data shows that while job stress is easing and satisfaction is rising, each physician specialty requires targeted support. After years of rising, physician burnout rates are showing ...

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 ...

Study after study has shown that patients and physicians alike have mostly positive things to say about virtual visits during the pandemic. But as the U.S. health care system remakes itself into one ...

There are numerous potential uses for augmented intelligence (AI), often called artificial intelligence, in clinical settings. They include informing clinical management; assisting with treatment, ...

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 ...

Exclusive AMA data shows doctor burnout has fallen below 45%, but the job isn’t done. Health systems continue to work with the AMA to reduce burnout. After years marked by stress, exhaustion and ...

The number of lives lost to the U.S. drug-overdose epidemic hit a record high in 2020 and the number continues to trend upward, highlighting the importance of a recent collaboration between the AMA ...

Despite mask mandates expiring in states that had the strictest laws and the majority of Americans less conscious about practicing physical distancing, about 4 million Medicare patients received ...

Legally, patients have had a right to see their medical records since the adoption of HIPAA in 1996. Practically, most patients have only had electronic access to all their information—including their ...

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 ...