A better picture of how telehealth will be used, paid for and regulated came into focus in 2023, though emerging state and federal laws and policies continue to extend temporary measures enacted in ...

Resident physicians are stretched thin financially. Considering that, your time in residency training might not seem like the right phase of your career to begin saving for retirement. According to ...

Henry Ford Health is among the organizations shifting to a lung-function equation free of false racial differences in lung capacity. Black children are more likely to have asthma than white children, ...

What is going on with eggs in the U.S.? Is there a new strain of bird flu? How do you treat tuberculosis (TB)? How is TB transmitted? What is the most recent Ebola outbreak? Today's episode covers ...

International Medical Graduates who seek entry into U.S. programs of Graduate Medical Education (GME) must obtain a visa that permits clinical training to provide medical services. Nearly one-fourth ...

Medical student-loan debt, a figure that on average reaches about $200,000, looms large in many life decisions that physicians make as they exit training and enter practice. For some doctors, that ...

Medicine can be a career that is both challenging and highly rewarding, but figuring out med school requirements and navigating the application process can be a challenge into itself. The AMA has the ...

Is a rural residency program right for you? Before the rank-order deadline, a general surgery resident who works in a rural setting offered some key insights. A native of Deer River, Minnesota—a town ...

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 ...

What are top stressors for doctors? How common is physician burnout? What are the most stressful medical specialties? Is administrative burden in health care fixable? Christine Sinsky, MD, a general ...

Navigating the EHR, with its incessant demands on physicians’ time, focus and energy, can be a challenge even in the best of times. When transitioning to a new EHR system, physicians travel an even ...

Why is value-based care important? What are value-based care payment models? How is value-based care measured? What is an example of value-based care? Our guest is Narayana Murali, MD, chief medical ...