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AMA Update is your source for physician-focused news. Hear from physicians and other experts on trending public health concerns, practice issues, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters.

AMA Update is your source for physician-focused news. Hear from physicians and other experts on trending public health concerns, practice issues, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters.


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AMA Update 338: New long COVID clinical trials, FDA approves postpartum depression pill & RSV shot for babies

HHS forms the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, and the NIH launches new Long COVID clinical trials. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses these new Long COVID developments, along with a study with insights into the maternal health crisis in the US and the FDA’s approval of a pill to treat postpartum depression. Plus, NIAID’s new director, the new head of the CDC and ACIP’s RSV shot recommendation for babies. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 337: Health disparities in Chicago and the work to solve them with RUSH University Medical Center

From RUSH University Medical Center, President and CEO Omar Lateef, DO, and David Ansell, MD, MPH, senior vice president of community health equity, join to discuss Chicago’s health disparities and how RUSH is partnering with the community to solve them. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🤝 Check out AMA’s work with West Side United, here: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/investing-communities-helps-address-alarming-life-expectancy-gap

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AMA Update 336: AI, augmented intelligence and machine learning in health care with Vincent Liu, MD, MS

Insights on implementing an AI program at a health system from an early adopter. Vincent Liu, MD, MS, a senior research scientist and regional medical director of Augmented Clinical Intelligence at Kaiser Permanente, shares how AI is helping save physicians’ time and patients’ lives. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 335: Medicare and telehealth advocacy developments on Capitol Hill with Jason Marino

American Medical Association Director of Congressional Affairs Jason Marino joins to discuss the latest advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill for Medicare payment reform and telehealth. AMA CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 334: Summer COVID surge, red meat allergy from ticks, and new FDA approved OTC naloxone nasal spray

The CDC sees signs of a late summer COVID wave. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses the rise in cases, whether there is cause for concern and who is most at risk. Plus, the latest news about Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) cases and the FDA approval of the second over-the-counter naloxone nasal spray, RiVive. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

💻 Access CDC AGS resources and Alpha-gal Syndrome Clinician Training (CME credit), here: https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/alpha-gal/resources/index.html

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AMA Update 333: Art for mental health: The well-being benefits of practicing art with Frank Clark, MD

There’s a strong connection between art and mental health. Joining us to discuss the well-being benefits of expressing yourself is Frank Clark, MD, a psychiatrist with Prisma Health and a poet. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🖋️ Read more on how Dr. Clark uses creativity and writing poetry to reduce burnout: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/qa-how-haiku-helps-psychiatrist-contend-pandemic-stress

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AMA Update 332: Wearables, remote patient monitoring & the future of chronic care management with Richard Milani, MD

Current capabilities of remote monitoring, using wearable technology for chronic disease management and future opportunities for practices with Richard Milani, MD, chief clinical transformation officer at Ochsner Health. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 331: Innovations in GI surgery are advancing the field of endosurgery with Jennifer Christie, MD

Endosurgery is one of the latest developments in gastroenterology, but this innovative technology has benefits for medicine more broadly. Joining to discuss what endosurgery is, where the technology is headed and how it could revolutionize surgery as a whole is Jennifer Christie, MD, president of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 330: New COVID data on blood types, excess deaths, EG.5 variant & FDA approved RSV vaccine for babies

The FDA approves an RSV vaccine for infants and vulnerable toddlers, and a new COVID variant emerges. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, also discusses expectations for another “tripledemic”, the latest COVID death rate and research, and the White House’s new Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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