Podcast: AMA Update

AMA Update 119: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, covers new CDC study findings, full FDA approval for Moderna vaccine & Novavax authorization request

2 de febrero de 2022 casimedicos 00:14:11 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 case numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Including the new “stealth Omicron” variant, as well as data from the latest CDC study showing third doses/booster shots bolster COVID defenses for both the immunocompromised and people with stronger immune systems. Also recapping AMA’s joint statement with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) on blood shortages.

AMA Update 118: AMA President Gerald Harmon, MD, discusses physicians’ vital role in a «pandemic of mistrust»

1 de febrero de 2022 casimedicos 00:20:25 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with AMA President Gerald Harmon, MD, a family medicine specialist in Pawleys Island, S.C., about the important role physicians can play at this pivotal time in the pandemic and the support they need to do so.

AMA Update 117: Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, on his new COVID vaccine

31 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:17:10 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston, to learn about his new COVID vaccine and how it fits into our global pandemic response.

AMA Update 116: Laura Hoffman, JD, on prioritizing and protecting your patients’ vaccination data

27 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:19:58 0 Comments

During #DataPrivacyWeek, AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Laura Hoffman, JD, the AMA’s assistant director of federal affairs, about the importance of establishing guardrails for digital vaccination data and how physicians can address data privacy concerns with patients.

Access the AMA’s case for privacy by design in app development resource here: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/privacy-principles-by-design.pdf

To learn more about AMA’s health data privacy framework and advocacy work on the issue, visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/patient-support-advocacy/ama-health-data-privacy-framework

AMA Update 115: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the newest research on Omicron

26 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:14:12 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. Also covering the World Health Organization’s (WHO) opinion on life post-Omicron, as well as newly published data from the CDC, JAMA, and what that research means in the battle against the current U.S. COVID surge. Additionally, the FDA has revised authorizations for two monoclonal antibody treatments—a topic AMA’s immediate past-president, Susan Bailey, MD, will be discussing in an upcoming webinar with experts from the FDA.

AMA Update 114: Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH, on clinician well-being in Omicron’s wake

25 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:14:52 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses clinician well-being in the COVID “new normal» with Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH, dean for well-being and resilience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and chief wellness officer at Mount Sinai Health System.

AMA Update 113: Leana Wen, MD, MSc, assesses the COVID endgame post-omicron surge

24 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:18:50 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Leana Wen, MD, MSc, public health professor at George Washington University, a columnist with the Washington Post, and a CNN medical analyst, about how physician communication and leadership can clear up COVID confusion for individual patients—as well as the nation.

AMA Update 112: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses what to expect with the Omicron surge

19 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:13:38 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews COVID-19 vaccine numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Also covering developments in COVID hot spots across the nation, the CDC’s clarified stance on masks, and Dr. Fauci’s «five phases of the pandemic.»

AMA Update 111: Leonard Nelson, JD, on how vaccine mandate rulings impact physicians

14 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:15:06 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Leonard Nelson, JD, the AMA’s senior assistant general counsel, about the recent Supreme Court decisions on vaccine mandates and their long-term implications for physicians.

AMA Update 110: Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, outlines CDC’s updated COVID recs

12 de enero de 2022 casimedicos 00:16:09 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews rising COVID-19 case numbers and trending topics related to the pandemic over the past week with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia. Also detailing what physicians and patients need to know about the CDC’s updated guidance on isolation, quarantine and testing.