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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.

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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.

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AMA Update 311: Update on the AMA’s 2023 advocacy priorities with Todd Askew

13 de junio de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:51 0 Comments

One year ago, the AMA unveiled its Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians at its Annual Meeting. Joining us at the 2023 Annual Meeting to provide an update on the Recovery Plan and our top advocacy priorities is Todd Askew, the AMA’s senior vice president of advocacy. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 310: AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, talks Medicare payment, physician burnout & reproductive care

12 de junio de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:17:37 0 Comments

AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, reflects on his presidency and shares what it was like to lead the AMA through the ups and downs of the past year, tackling issues like Medicare payment reform, fixing prior authorization, maintaining access to reproductive care and evidence-based medicine. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 309: How Mississippi is stopping scope of practice expansion with Katherine Gantz Pannel, DO

8 de junio de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:09:49 0 Comments

How did the Mississippi State Medical Association (MSMA) defeat 11 scope of practice expansion bills in the last year? Get the secret to success and learn what’s driving this legislative winning streak from Dr. Katherine Gantz Pannel—a psychiatrist in Oxford, Mississippi, and immediate past chair of the MSMA board of trustees. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🧰 Access AMA’s scope of practice key tools & resources here: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/scope-practice/scope-practice-key-tools-resources

❤️‍🩹 Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and working to #stopscopecreep by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/amaone/ama-recovery-plan-america-s-physicians-fighting-scope-creep

AMA Update 308: hMPV symptoms and what you need to know with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

7 de junio de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:11 0 Comments

The latest on human metapneumovirus (hMPV), RSV vaccine approvals, changes in Medicaid coverage by state, reports about the next CDC director, and data from a new study on weight-loss surgery for kids published in JAMA Pediatrics with AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 307: Eliminating medical school debt for students at UChicago Pritzker School of Medicine

5 de junio de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:09:38 0 Comments

Reducing student loan debt and increasing diversity in medical school. Two physician leaders at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine: Vineet Arora, MD, dean of medical education, and Keme Carter, MD, associate dean of admissions, discuss a redesigned curriculum that includes full-tuition scholarships for medical students. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Watch AMA’s Tribute to the Medical School Class of 2023, here: https://www.ama-assn.org/about/events/ama-tribute-medical-school-class-2023

AMA Update 306: Cannabis side effects for senior and older adult patients with Alison Moore, MD, MPH

1 de junio de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:27 0 Comments

Cannabis use among seniors is on the rise, but so are visits to the emergency department as a result. Joining to discuss the risks of cannabis for seniors and how doctors can talk to their older patients about them is Alison Moore, MD, MPH, professor and chief of geriatrics, gerontology and palliative care at the University of California San Diego. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 305: 12 symptoms of long COVID, FDA Paxlovid approval & mpox vaccines with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

31 de mayo de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:49 0 Comments

A new study outlines the 12 symptoms of long COVID, and the FDA fully approves Paxlovid for adults. AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, also discusses who should get a monkeypox vaccine ahead of festival season this summer. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, shares what you need to know about long COVID 🦠 Watch here: https://youtu.be/kONtiiHsbPw

AMA Update 304: How physician burnout varies by specialty, gender and sexual orientation

30 de mayo de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:16:04 0 Comments

While burnout can impact any physician, addressing it can vary significantly by specialty, gender, sexual orientation and more. Today, we’re discussing ways to treat burnout with two physician leaders from the AMA Women Physicians Section and the AMA LGBTQ Advisory Committee. First, we’ll hear from Dr. Lauren Peccoralo, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Well-being and Development, and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Next, we’ll meet Dr. Meredith Faggen, a community medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery

AMA Update 303: Violence against doctors: causes, effects and solutions with Ramin Davidoff, MD

25 de mayo de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:16:27 0 Comments

How to protect physicians and health care personnel from violence in the workplace. During the pandemic, physicians’ stories about threats and harassment from patients came to the forefront. However, the risk of workplace violence in health care has been on the rise since 2011. In this episode, Ramin Davidoff, MD, co-CEO of the Permanente Federation, discusses the toll workplace violence is having on physicians and what we can do about it. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.