Sutter Health built tiered peer support programs to help physicians and staff cope with the emotional toll of adverse outcomes and strengthen well-being.

Rush University System for Health is reducing emissions with community solar, EV chargers and local laundry—boosting health on Chicago’s West Side.

Body mass index (BMI) is easy to measure and inexpensive. It also has standardized cutoff points for overweight and obesity and is strongly correlated with body fat levels as measured by the most ...

The RUC represents the entire medical profession, with 22 of its 32 members appointed by major national medical specialty societies. The members include those recognized by the American Board of ...

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 ...

At least 17 states have enacted such pathways. The AMA and others detail what the laws do and how to ensure proper assessment and supervision.

In this installment, Neil Sudhaker Baman, MD, an allergist and immunologist at Geisinger, discusses what patients need to know about getting stung by a bee and what symptoms to watch for. Geisinger is ...

At nighttime when it’s time for bed and the lights are turned off, most people drift into their dreams. But for millions in the U.S., the night is anything but restful. It’s a long, restless stress of ...

In this installment, Kevin Taliaferro, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at Henry Ford Health, took time to discuss what patients need to know about sciatica. Henry Ford Health is a member of the AMA Health ...

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 CPT® Editorial Panel convenes meetings three times per year to solicit the direct input of practicing physicians, medical device manufacturers, developers of the latest diagnostic tests and ...

CHICAGO — The emergence of medical innovations, new technologies and cutting-edge procedures spurred most of the annual changes presented in the release of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) ...