The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes offer doctors and health care professionals a uniform language for coding medical services and procedures to streamline reporting, increase accuracy and ...

Garcia: The new COVID variant that's now spreading in the U.S. and other parts of the world is called NB.1.8.1, and it's being referred to as Nimbus. Like a recent COVID variance, Nimbus is a ...

When The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) rolled out ambient augmented intelligence (AI) —also known as artificial intelligence—scribes in late 2023, it was with an eye toward solving one of medicine’s ...

However, there are still key concerns as physicians continue to explore how these tools will impact their practices. Implementation guidance and research, including clinical evidence, remain critical ...

The following statement is attributable to: Bruce A. Scott, M.D. President, American Medical Association “For generations, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been a trusted ...

The beginnings of a comprehensive AI policy at the federal level started to form as the Biden administration drew to a close. The January 2024 release of a final rule from the Assistant Secretary for ...

Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH, a urological surgeon from Buffalo, New York, won the office of president-elect of the AMA today. He was voted into office Tuesday by physician and medical student ...

Ochsner Health is a member of the AMA Health System Program that provides enterprise solutions to equip leadership, physicians and care teams with resources to help drive the future of medicine. Last ...

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 ...

This column is part of a series of firsthand physician accounts that detail how AMA Health System Member Program organizations are moving medicine to support patient health and the medical profession.

A lifelong resident of Flint, Michigan, Dr. Mukkamala has spent decades treating patients in a city that has weathered economic collapse and public health disasters. Flint, he said, is emblematic of ...

Fostering continual learning helps grow leaders and leads to retention of physicians. Lee Epstein, DO, witnesses such progress firsthand in his associate medical directors. “These physicians showed ...