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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 284: Mifepristone, Marburg virus, new COVID variant and RSV vaccine news with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

12 de abril de 2023 casimedicos 00:12:33 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, covers the latest on the Marburg virus outbreak, new coronavirus variants XBB.1.16 and XBB.1.9.1, plus Pfizer’s RSV vaccine. Also discussing what physicians and patients need to know about Texas US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling to suspend the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 283: Emergency Medicine Residency: 2023 Match Day data and trends with Holly Caretta-Weyer, MD

10 de abril de 2023 casimedicos 00:13:42 0 Comments

Holly Caretta-Weyer, MD, Associate Residency Program Director of the Stanford University Emergency Medicine Residency, recaps 2023 residency Match results in Emergency Medicine (EM). Also discussing previous years’ EM Match results, changes to the specialty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, physician burnout in emergency rooms, and the life changing experience of being on the front lines of patient care. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 282: Inflation-based update for Medicare physician payments with Todd Askew

6 de abril de 2023 casimedicos 00:11:35 0 Comments

AMA Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Todd Askew, shares details on legislative progress for Medicare payment reform and what it could mean for physicians and patient access to care. Get the latest updates on legislation recently introduced in Congress that would apply an automatic inflation update to Medicare physician payments and tie the Medicare physician fee schedule to the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), something the AMA has long supported. Doing so would put physicians on equal footing with almost all other health care providers that receive annual inflation-based updates. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 281: Medicaid eligibility, COVID cases in the U.S., C. auris & Marburg fever with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

5 de abril de 2023 casimedicos 00:10:57 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses important changes in Medicaid coverage following the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, coronavirus statistics and reporting slowdowns—as well as the latest on Candida auris and the Marburg fever outbreak. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 280: ChatGPT, eye drop recall, scientific research funding & more with Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD

3 de abril de 2023 casimedicos 00:17:02 0 Comments

JAMA Editor-in-Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, joins to discuss the latest developments in medical research and trending topics from The Journal of the American Medical Association. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 279: Reducing burnout and mental health stigma for physicians with Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD

30 de marzo de 2023 casimedicos 00:19:45 0 Comments

Happy Doctor’s Day! March 30th is National Doctor’s Day—to mark the occasion Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, chief wellness officer at Ochsner Health in New Orleans, shares how his health system works to reduce burnout and prioritizes physician well-being every day. 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 278: Reducing your cancer risk with John Whyte, MD, MPH

28 de marzo de 2023 casimedicos 00:19:28 0 Comments

WebMD’s Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, MPH, discuss the latest on cancer screenings, prevention, lifestyle changes for patients, and why cancer death rates declined in the U.S., but late-stage prostate and colorectal cancers rise in young people. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Learn more and get your copy of «Take Control of Your Cancer Risk», here: https://www.webmd.com/takecontrol

AMA Update 277: Candida auris, Marburg virus and latest FDA COVID booster authorizations with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

27 de marzo de 2023 casimedicos 00:12:06 0 Comments

AMA Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, covers the latest news physicians need to know, including: tracking the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak, Candida auris symptoms, how sleep can impact vaccine effectiveness, and the FDA’s latest authorization that certain children six months through four years old are now eligible to receive a single booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s updated bivalent shot. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 276: Class of 2023 Main Residency Match results: data and trends with NRMP’s Donna Lamb, DHSc

23 de marzo de 2023 casimedicos 00:20:12 0 Comments

This episode opens with a special moment with graduating medical students at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) opening their Match envelopes. To skip, go to 06:00, where we pick up with National Resident Matching Program’s Donna L. Lamb, DHSc. She breaks down the numbers from this year’s residency Match. Discussing Match rates, changes by specialty, SOAP results, and what’s in store for Class of 2024 Match Day. This special Match Day edition also includes interviews with medical students and footage from UIC’s 2023 Mach Day event—recorded live at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.