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

26 de enero de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 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 AMA Update 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 AMA Update 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 AMA Update 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 AMA Update 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 AMA Update 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.

AMA Update 109: Sandra Fryhofer, MD, discusses updated booster recs for teens and more

11 de enero de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:16:48 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses news from the recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, with Sandra Fryhofer, MD, AMA’s liaison to ACIP, and a member of ACIP’s COVID-19 Vaccine Workgroup. Updates include new COVID booster recommendations for teens, a shorter booster interval after a Pfizer vaccine series, new additional dose recommendations for immunocompromised children, and what you need to know about Pfizer’s new COVID vaccine formulation for adults. Also reviewing new data about preventing MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome) in children, as well as recent decision memos from the CDC director.

AMA Update 108: Sandra Fryhofer, MD, discusses new J&J vaccine recommendations

21 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:16:36 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Sandra Fryhofer, MD, the AMA’s liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and chair-elect of the AMA Board of Trustees about updated vaccine recommendations based on an increased, but still rare, risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Also, covering the latest on Omicron and vaccine effectiveness, a vaccine safety update for children aged 5-11 and the status of a COVID vaccine for toddlers.

AMA Update 107: Health system leaders on navigating vaccine mandates

20 de diciembre de 2021 casimedicos AMA Update 00:13:31 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses the complex issue of vaccine mandates with three health system leaders: Robert Hart, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Ochsner Health; Adnan Munkarah, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Henry Ford Health System; and Michael Anderson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in this special COVID Update feature.