Atrial fibrillation (AFib) causes your heart to beat faster than it should. Paari Dominic, MBBS, MPH, of University of Iowa Health Care, shares more. Every beat of the human heart carries life, rhythm ...

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 ...

The “era of AI” is here. States seek to mandate AI transparency and regulate clinical decision-making and payer use. Tim Storey, the CEO of the National Conference of State Legislatures, has joked ...

Stop grading the doctor on parking or the cafeteria food, says R. John Sawyer, PhD, of Ochsner Health. Here’s how to find and use metrics that matter. As high achievers, physicians have been ...

Where can I access a list of the latest CPT ® codes? Where can I access a list of the latest CPT ® codes? The CPT Standard Data File contains the latest CPT code set. For more information on how to ...

This simple step can be a lifesaver: rechecking a patient’s BP when it’s high. Rush University Medical Center now does it three times more often. Many patients at Rush University Medical Center on ...

Six new studies funded by the AMA will show EHRs’ impact and how to improve their use to help patients and doctors. With funding from the AMA, researchers across the country over the past six years ...

What's the new long COVID study? How bad is this year's flu? How many measles vaccines do you need? What food has been recalled? When to get RSV vaccine pregnancy? AMA's Vice President of Science, ...

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 ...

There have been tremendous strides forward in providing resources for physicians to seek care for their own mental and behavioral health in recent years—and in making them feel safer to seek that help ...

In the immediate aftermath of receiving the “surreal” news that he was the winner of the 2024 AMA Research Challenge, Ayush Kumar admitted that result wasn’t even on his radar when he submitted an ...

The training and education given to nurse practitioners does not adequately prepare them for independent practice, according to two physicians—one who used to be a nurse practitioner (NP) and another ...