University of Iowa Health Care’s patient-centered facility offers a full range of services for musculoskeletal care, including surgery and rehab. To build an orthopedic freestanding hospital, ...

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 ...

The AMA is deeply concerned that provisions of the 2025 budget-reconciliation bill, as currently drafted, would make medical school unaffordable for a majority of students—even those who might be the ...

Feeling valued goes beyond formal recognition. It reflects a culture where voices are heard, contributions are acknowledged, and support is more than just a buzzword. As health systems continue to ...

Reducing administrative burdens that add hours onto the workday are the biggest hope that physicians have for how augmented intelligence (AI)—often referred to as artificial intelligence—can change ...

AI concerns notwithstanding, physicians continue to report that prior authorization impedes delivery of necessary medical treatments, jeopardizes quality care and harms patients. More than nine in 10 ...

To fix the problems with the nation’s largest single health care payer over the longer term, the AMA supports the bipartisan Strengthening Medicare for Patients Providers Act. That measure would give ...

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 ...

In the U.S., about 40% of people experience some form of sciatica during their lifetime. Yet it rarely happens before 20 years old unless it is injury related. “Most studies say people will experience ...

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 ...

Payers erect roadblocks allegedly designed to save money for the health system and protect their resources, but when patients and their doctors face care delays—or when they give up and abandon ...

If a patient is on a medication that’s causing nausea, for example, GPT-4 can look this up and can flag a prescribed medicine that might have an interaction with another the patient is already taking.