World Medical Association’s ethical research standards modernized on 60th anniversary to address evolving risks, ensure respect for all participants.

Editor’s note: CMS has finalized the 2025 Medicare physician pay schedule that has physicians in line for a 2.8% cut in pay, despite a 3.5% rise in the MEI. “To put it bluntly, Medicare plans to pay ...

The COVID-19 crisis brought a badly needed wave of support to chronically underfunded state and local public health agencies, which had long struggled to meet the needs of our growing nation and ...

A growing number of men are facing a common yet often unspoken health issue that impacts their quality of life, confidence and relationships: erectile dysfunction (ED). While erectile dysfunction is ...

Patient portals have evolved from offering self-service tools for clerical tasks such as bill paying and appointment setting, to more clinical applications such as entering remote physiological ...

Nearly everyone has a story of how health insurers’ use of prior authorization interfered with them or a loved one getting a needed procedure done, receiving treatment for cancer or another disease or ...

A growing proportion of physicians are going the employment route, but why exactly? AMA member Alisha Reiss, MD, a general surgeon in Greenville, Ohio, chose health system employment for a variety of ...

Value-based care is transforming the health care landscape as some health systems shift focus toward outcomes-driven payment models. In this evolving paradigm, physicians and other health ...

The patient-physician relationship is rapidly evolving into a dynamic and open partnership and patient portals have served as a catalyst for that transformation by revolutionizing how patients ...

AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. From private practice and health system leaders to scientists and public ...

People in rural communities experience disproportionately higher rates of cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and respiratory illness. On top of these grim statistics, the Centers for ...