World Medical Association’s ethical research standards modernized on 60th anniversary to address evolving risks, ensure respect for all participants.

Patient portals have evolved from offering self-service tools for clerical tasks such as bill paying and appointment setting, to more clinical applications such as entering remote physiological ...

The COVID-19 crisis brought a badly needed wave of support to chronically underfunded state and local public health agencies, which had long struggled to meet the needs of our growing nation and ...

People in rural communities experience disproportionately higher rates of cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and respiratory illness. On top of these grim statistics, the Centers for ...

Nearly everyone has a story of how health insurers’ use of prior authorization interfered with them or a loved one getting a needed procedure done, receiving treatment for cancer or another disease or ...

A growing number of men are facing a common yet often unspoken health issue that impacts their quality of life, confidence and relationships: erectile dysfunction (ED). While erectile dysfunction is ...

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 ...

Value-based care is transforming the health care landscape as some health systems shift focus toward outcomes-driven payment models. In this evolving paradigm, physicians and other health ...

The AMA has had success advocating improvements to the prior authorization process in state-regulated plans, as well as in health plans regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

Nearly 90% of professionals surveyed by hospital group-purchasing alliance Premier Inc. reported experiencing shortages of sterile intravenous (IV) fluids in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene that ...