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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 212: Digital transformation at the VHA with Arash Harzand, MD, MBA

31 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:17:04 0 Comments

Arash Harzand, MD, MBA, senior innovation fellow at the VA Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning in Atlanta, talks about digital transformation in health care and how it’s helping to fill critical gaps. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA’s «Return on Health» Research Framework is available here: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/amas-return-health-telehealth-framework-practices

To access «The Playbook: Digital Healthcare Edition,» visit: https://www.dimesociety.org/access-resources/the-playbooks/digital-healthcare-edition/

AMA Update 211: Novavax booster, COVID vaccines in pregnancy and boosters for kids with Sandra Fryhofer, MD

27 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:10 0 Comments

Sandra Fryhofer, MD, the AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and chair of the AMA Board of Trustees, shares news from the latest ACIP meeting, including the newest COVID booster from Novavax, more reassuring data on the safety and value of COVID vaccines for pregnant people, their infants and children, and the inclusion of COVID vaccines in the Vaccines for Children Program. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 210: Flu spreads while two new COVID subvariants & RSV infections rise with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

26 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:08:08 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses two new emerging subvariants: BQ. 1 and BQ1.1. Also covering the ‘tripledemic’ threat given cases of flu, COVID, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections are on the rise. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 209: The link between childcare stress and physician burnout with Elizabeth Harry, MD

24 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:08:18 0 Comments

Elizabeth Harry, MD, senior medical director of well being at UCHealth in Aurora, Colo., joins to discuss the connection between high childcare stress and burnout among health care workers during the pandemic. 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 208: Addressing the rapid rise in physician burnout revealed by a new study with Christine Sinsky, MD

20 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:15:18 0 Comments

Today we dive into new research findings from a recent study on physician burnout with Christine Sinsky, MD, the AMA’s vice president of professional satisfaction. Dr. Sinsky is one of the authors on the study that was published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings last month. 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

For more information and to access the study by the AMA, Mayo Clinic and Stanford Medicine, visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/physician-burnout-rate-spikes-new-height

AMA Update 207: Public health: the challenges and opportunities physicians face with Frederick Chen, MD, MPH

19 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:41 0 Comments

Today we discuss pressing public health issues and the role of physicians and the AMA in our public health response with Frederick Chen, MD, MPH, the AMA’s new chief health and science Officer. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 206: Optometrists doing eye surgery? California AB 2236 vetoed for patient safety with David Aizuss, MD

18 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:34 0 Comments

David Aizuss, MD, an ophthalmologist in Calabasas, Calif., and a member of the AMA Board of Trustees discusses the California Assembly Bill 2236—which would have allowed optometrists to perform advanced eye procedures, including surgery—and how AMA and state advocacy helped defeat it. 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 205: Bivalent boosters for kids, long COVID study, monkeypox decline & more with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH

17 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:25 0 Comments

AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, shares details of the FDA’s authorization for COVID boosters for kids 5 to 11, early Pfizer data on the bivalent booster and a study on long COVID, plus the latest on monkeypox and Ebola. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

AMA Update 204: California Surgeon General Diana Ramos, MD, shares why we need more Latino physicians

13 de octubre de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:45 0 Comments

In recognition of #HispanicHeritageMonth, Diana Ramos, MD, shares what her new role as California’s surgeon general means to her and how physicians’ clinical experience can prepare them for leadership roles within government. She also discusses the first National Latino/Latina Physicians Day #NLPD and why it matters. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Email Dr. Ramos your health questions, concerns and community issues at DoctoraDiana@osg.ca.gov.