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Should AI be used in health care? Risks, regulations, ethics and benefits of AI in medicine | AMA Update Video
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 health officials, hear from the experts in medicine on COVID-19, medical education, advocacy issues, burnout, vaccines and more. Featured topic and speakers Featured topic and speakers How is AI used in the medical field? Who regulates AI in health care? In this episode: how AI is disrupting health care 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.…
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Joy in medicine & continuing to reduce physician burnout in 2023 with Christine Sinsky, MD | AMA Update Video
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 health officials, hear from the experts in medicine on COVID-19, monkeypox, medical education, advocacy issues, burnout, vaccines and more. Featured topic and speakers Featured topic and speakers In today’s AMA Update, Christine Sinsky, MD, the vice president of professional satisfaction, AMA, discusses how the AMA plans to continue its critical work to reduce physician burnout and enhance well-being in 2023. AMA Chief Experience Officer Todd Unger hosts. Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery…
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Medical student research opportunities with Leelabati Biswas | AMA Update Video
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 health officials, hear from the experts in medicine on COVID-19, monkeypox, medical education, advocacy issues, burnout, vaccines and more. Featured topic and speakers Featured topic and speakers In today’s AMA Update, Leela Biswas, an MD/PhD candidate at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, is this year’s AMA Research Challenge winner, which comes with a $10,000 grand prize sponsored by Laurel Road. She discusses medical student research grants and funding, tips for finding a mentor, and more about her winning research: “Decoding…
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AMA president condemns disinformation, government interference in medicine
HONOLULU — After nearly three years of battling the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and medical misinformation, physicians are facing unprecedented disinformation attacks and government interference in the practice of medicine, fanning flames of an already concerning physician burnout crisis. In remarks to physicians and medical students gathered at the Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., M.D., today outlined the challenges facing physicians and patients following the Dobbs decision, the threats stemming from disinformation on topics of health and medicine, and the consequences of years-long disinformation campaigns that threaten the patient-physician relationship. In enumerating the threats and their downstream consequences, Dr.…
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AMA playbook offers a road map to private practice opportunities
The resident training landscape is largely populated by big medical institutions and, as a result, new physicians are offered little exposure to private practice settings. An AMA resource helps aspiring independent physicians make up for this knowledge gap by providing tips on how to start, maintain or grow a private physician practice. The “AMA STEPS Forward® Private Practice Playbook” (PDF) includes physician-developed strategies designed for practice managers and physicians wishing to open or enter a private practice that allows them to provide personalized care for their patients in the manner they choose to provide it. “The AMA understands that the highest quality of patient care and greatest physician satisfaction occurs…
