A strong onboarding process can help your physician career get off to the right start. Here is what to expect—and what to ask for.

Primary care physicians spend the most time on the EHR compared with other physician specialties. Increased time spent on the EHR—especially when done after hours—may lead to emotional exhaustion and ...

Being a brilliant clinician isn’t enough to land the prestigious role of chief resident. Residency program directors reveal which factors carry the day. For physicians approaching the end of their ...

What’s the news: The AMA and the Mississippi State Medical Association were successful in their efforts to prevent scope of practice expansions that would have harmed Mississippi patients. Mississippi ...

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 ...

Henry Ford Health is among the organizations shifting to a lung-function equation free of false racial differences in lung capacity. Black children are more likely to have asthma than white children, ...

For many residents transitioning to practice and negotiating their first job offer, it may be easy to think of the employment contract as just a formality. It is, in fact, a highly complex document ...

Advocate Health is using AMA assessment tools and road maps to drive its effort to reduce physician burnout, ease workloads and act on feedback. Assessing physicians’ well-being is the starting point ...

Medicare physician payment has dropped 33% since 2001. The influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission outlines what Congress can do now. What’s the news: The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...

Christopher Seder, MD, finds anatomic resection is associated with improved survival when compared to wedge resection in early lung cancer. For 30 years the standard of care for early stage non-small ...

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 ...

Is flu season over? What helps allergies at home? Are there long-term effects of COVID? Do people get sick more often after COVID? Why kids should have phones? AMA's Vice President of Science, ...