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Chicago, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced it will host a national celebration to honor the 30,000 medical students who are graduating this...

Chicago, April 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic and evidence that shows that physical distancing is the only effective mechanism to stop the spread of the...

Washington, March 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association, American Pharmacists Association, and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued a joint statement today on...

Chicago, March 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced that the CPT Editorial Panel approved a new addition to the Current Procedural Terminology...

Chicago, June 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patrice A. Harris, M.D., M.A., a psychiatrist from Atlanta, was sworn in today as the 174th president of the American Medical Association (AMA), the...

CHICAGO, Feb. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The burnout rate among physicians in the United States dropped modestly in 2017 from a peak in 2014 and currently stands near 2011 levels, according to a...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today presented the first nationally representative estimates on how many physicians use telemedicine, and what...

Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Physician payment models are becoming more complex and the pace of change is increasing, creating challenges for physician practices that might...

CHICAGO, June 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Responding to ongoing national drug shortages that threaten patient care and safety, physicians gathered at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical...

CHICAGO and INDIANAPOLIS, March 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Health care affordability is one of the biggest challenges facing patients and doctors today.   With a shared goal to help patients have...