“Workplace violence is a recognized hazard in the health care industry,” declares the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It defines the problem as “any act or threat of physical ...

While SARS-CoV-2 infections continue to influence trends in U.S. death rates, COVID-19 is no longer among the nation’s top three killers. The tragic trio are heart disease, cancer and unintentional ...

Physician onboarding isn’t a formality for health systems. It needs to address new employees’ deep-seated concerns about how they will live their professional lives on a daily basis. To wit: A report ...

This column is part of a series of firsthand physician accounts that detail how AMA Health System Program members are moving medicine to support patient health and the medical profession. Ten years ...

Resident physicians know that overnight shifts are inherently exhausting. Research shows that it’s the transition from day shifts to nights that truly drains performance. When residents don’t prepare ...

Training to become a physician is a marathon. The opening months of medical school, however, can often feel like a sprint. The volume of information that medical students are expected to retain and ...

In the wake of a divisive election season, there is one important sign of bipartisanship prevalent on Capitol Hill. A majority of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives—135 Democrats and 86 ...

California has about 37,000 fewer allied health professionals than it needs to properly care for the state's population, according to Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Sutter Health. With more than ...

The Change Healthcare cyberattack earlier this year exposed the risks of IT concentration and centralization within the computer networks that the U.S. health system so heavily depends on It also ...

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 ...

What is street medicine? Is street medicine effective? What are the barriers to care for homeless people? What extracurriculars for medical students stand out on residency applications? Richard Bryce, ...

As a medical student, do you ever wonder what it’s like to specialize in sleep medicine? Meet Virginia Skiba, MD, a sleep medicine physician and a featured doctor in the AMA’s “Shadow Me” Specialty ...