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AMA Update 595: Artificial intelligence in health information management: Using AI for risk assessment in medicine

5 de mayo de 2025 casimedicos AMA Update 00:11:08 0 Comments

How is AI used in health care data? What does AI help with in health care? How is AI used in emergency rooms? What are the benefits of AI in health care? How is AI used in medical documentation? Learn about using AI in electronic health records to improve patient care and the future of AI in health care with guest Dana Sax, MD, research scientist at Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and emergency physician at The Permanente Medical Group. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including:
▹ Reforming Medicare payment
▹ Fighting scope creep
▹ Fixing prior authorization
▹ Reducing physician burnout
▹ Making technology work for physicians

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AMA Update 581: CDC measles outbreak update, MMR vaccine news, typhus disease, and the end of flu season 2025

2 de abril de 2025 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:18 0 Comments

How do you get typhus? Can you die from typhus? What age do you get the measles vaccine? Are people still getting COVID? When does flu season end 2025? AMA’s Vice President of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, discusses murine typhus and measles outbreaks in the U.S., the latest measles vaccination rates, as well as current COVID-19 and seasonal flu going around. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🎥 Watch #AMAUpdate for healthcare news for physicians, residents and medical students: https://ama-assn.co/AMAUpdate

💜 Not a physician? Join the Patients Action Network: https://ama-assn.co/PatientsActionNetwork

🤒 For CDC typhus fever treatment, symptoms, types of typhus and more, visit: https://ama-assn.co/CDC_Typhus

🐀 Wondering how typhus is spread? Get CDC murine typhus symptoms, diagnosis, and typhus prevention tips: https://ama-assn.co/CDC_MurineTyphus

🌡️ For the latest CDC measles outbreaks, symptoms of measles mumps rubeola and more, visit: https://ama-assn.co/CDC_Measles

🗺️ CDC FluView Weekly US Map & Influenza Summary Update: https://ama-assn.co/flu_map

💧 COVID Wastewater data via CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS): https://ama-assn.co/COVID_wastewater

🤧 Will there be a respiratory virus surge? CDC respiratory virus season information: https://ama-assn.co/CDC_RespiratoryOutlooks

💻 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC H5N1 Bird Flu Current Situation Summary (CDC H5N1 technical report): https://ama-assn.co/CDC_H5N1

🚨 If the CDC issues new health warning, get the latest CDC health alert 2025 via the Health Alert Network (HAN CDC website): https://ama-assn.co/CDC_HAN

🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including:
▹ Reforming Medicare payment
▹ Fighting scope creep
▹ Fixing prior authorization
▹ Reducing physician burnout

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AMA Update 418: Should AI be used in health care? Risks, regulations, ethics and benefits of AI in medicine

9 de febrero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:38 0 Comments

How is AI used in the medical field? Who regulates AI in healthcare? In this episode: how AI is disrupting healthcare and patient data privacy.

Our guest is Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of external affairs, communications and brand at The Permanente Federation and associate executive director for The Permanente Medical Group. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

⚖️ Learn more about AMA policy and guidelines for AI in medicine: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ama-ai-principles.pdf

📊 How do doctors feel about AI? Find out in the AMA Augmented Intelligence Research (AI in healthcare PPT): https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/physician-ai-sentiment-report.pdf

🗞️ For more AMA AI in healthcare articles visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/augmented-intelligence-medicine

🏥 Learn more about the AMA Health System Program here: https://bit.ly/AMA_HealthSystemProgram

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AMA Update 413: What value-based care is and why everyone is talking about it with Maria Ansari, MD

29 de enero de 2024 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:14 0 Comments

What is value-based care? Interest in value-based care is at an all-time high. This episode gives an overview of this payment model and explores what’s driving this growing interest in it and where the conversation about value-based care is headed in 2024. Our guest is Maria Ansari, MD, CEO and executive director at The Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Ansari also provides insights into barriers to adoption for value-based care and the culture an organization needs to maintain a long-term commitment to value-based care. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🏥 Learn more about the AMA Health System Program here: https://bit.ly/AMA_HealthSystemProgram

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AMA Update 341: Fixing medical student and resident burnout with ACPH keynote speaker, Lotte Dyrbye, MD

16 de agosto de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:10:19 0 Comments

System-level solutions for medical schools and residency programs to reduce burnout. Lotte Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, chief well-being officer at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, joins to discuss the latest data on student and resident burnout and the steps that institutions can take to address it. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🗓 American Conference on Physician Health (ACPH) registration is now open: https://bit.ly/ACPH2023

🔜 Registration closes Sept. 18 for this year’s ACPH, taking place Oct. 11-13, in Palm Desert, Calif.

ACPH is a scientific conference sponsored jointly by the AMA, Mayo Clinic and Stanford University. Learn more here: https://www.physician-wellbeing-conference.org/

📢 Don’t miss Dr. Lotte Dyrbye’s opening keynote address about UME-GME well-being on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time

🥼 Learn more about the AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians: https://bit.ly/AMA_RecoveryPlan

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AMA Update 286: The state of AI, cyber security and health data privacy in medicine with Larry Cohen, PhD

17 de abril de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:12:53 0 Comments

CEO of Health2047, Larry Cohen, PhD, joins from Menlo Park, California, to discuss how the latest technological advancements impact medicine and the future of health care delivery. From the importance of physician input on new tech innovations, to the flow of health data and cybersecurity—plus how artificial intelligence and generative AI could reduce friction and improve electronic health records (EHR). American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Health2047 helps find, fund and scale early-stage startups working to transform healthcare. More than a Silicon Valley innovation firm, they help connect physicians with healthcare entrepreneurs and industry leaders working on new technologies to improve medical care. Learn more at: https://health2047.com/

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AMA Update 254: Evidence-based strategies to help physicians recapture joy in medicine with Aman Sethi, MD

6 de febrero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:23:25 0 Comments

Applications for the AMA’s 2023 Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program are now open: https://www.ama-assn.org/joyinmedicine

Aman Sethi, MD, director of wellness operations at the Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, Calif., shares a comprehensive plan, including simple, impactful interventions, for bringing back joy and meaning in medicine and reducing physician burnout. He also discusses the important role recognition plays in that work. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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AMA Update 250: Fighting for PrEP medication coverage under the ACA with Stephen Parodi, MD

30 de enero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:10:56 0 Comments

How a physician’s quest to ensure patient access to PrEP—a key medication in preventing HIV infection in high-risk patients—has gained national traction with help from the AMA Integrated Physician Practice Section (IPPS).

Stephen Parodi, MD, executive vice president of external affairs, communications and brand at The Permanente Federation, and associate executive director for The Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, Calif., discusses how the AMA House of Delegates (AMA-HOD) and AMA-IPPS supported action regarding insurance coverage for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis medication, or PrEP, under the Affordable Care Act (#ACA). American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

For more on the AMA’s amicus brief filing and involvement in Braidwood Management v. Becerra case, visit: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/patient-support-advocacy/leave-aca-s-zero-cost-preventive-care-intact-ama-tells

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AMA Update 247: AMA to form task force focused on firearm violence prevention with Gerald E. Harmon, MD

24 de enero de 2023 casimedicos AMA Update 00:14:12 0 Comments

NOTE: This episode was filmed prior to the mass shooting in California this past weekend. Our thoughts go out to all those who have been impacted by this tragic event — and to the many others who continue to be affected by gun violence.  

Gerald Harmon, MD, immediate past president, AMA, and family medicine specialist in South Carolina, discusses the heartbreaking realities of gun violence in America—and the impact it has on the health care workforce. During the November Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates, the American Medical Association adopted policy to establish a task force focused on firearm violence prevention, including firearm-involved suicide. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

Read more about the AMA’s task force and ongoing efforts here: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-establish-task-force-focused-firearm-violence-prevention

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AMA Update 130: Stephen Parodi, MD, on shifting from pandemic to endemic

7 de marzo de 2022 casimedicos AMA Update 00:22:48 0 Comments

AMA CXO Todd Unger talks with Stephen Parodi, MD, the executive vice president of external affairs, communications and brand at The Permanente Federation, and associate executive director for The Permanente Medical Group in Oakland, Calif., about pandemic vs. endemic and what that shift will mean for our COVID-19 response.

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