Reliance on emergency medical services in rural areas doesn’t just influence health care cost and access. It also affects the workforce.

HIPAA’s Breach Notification Rule requires covered entities to notify patients when their unsecured protected heath information (PHI) is impermissibly used or disclosed—or “breached,”—in a way that ...

The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series provides physicians with a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. In this installment, two ...

The brief tells the court that any physician assistance in an execution or the design of an execution would undermine the patient-physician relationship that relies on trust. Physicians risk confusing ...

Download resources in PDF and DOCX format—six steps to system selection, criteria checklist and sample RFP—to help you select the system with features that fit the needs of your practice.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics has guidance to help physicians mulling whether to engage patients in conversations about health policy.

Deliberations on changes to the CPT code take place three times during the year at the CPT Editorial Panel meetings, as described in the CPT/RUC calendar. Panel review of the code change applications ...

Vacancies in non-ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs are listed on this page. Please direct your application and any inquiries to the program directly. Note: ACGME-accredited residency ...

The AMA is working to address the organization’s past discriminatory and harmful practices and its role in creating inequities in health care and medicine.

Find answers to frequently asked questions about observerships for international medical graduates.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) EHR Incentive Program—also known as Meaningful Use or MU—initially provided incentives to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) ...

Pre-visit planning for patients can increase efficiency, saving both physician and staff time. Ten steps address tasks such as scheduling patients for future appointments and arranging for pre-visit ...