At their best, EHRs can give physicians data and tools to care for their patients. But sometimes, EHR design, customization or configuration can contribute to patient harm. Meanwhile, a growing body ...

The Code’s preamble warns physicians that the “relationship between ethics and law is complex.” But the preamble adds that even though “ethical values and legal principles are usually closely related, ...

Johnna Nynas, MD is creating care teams and leveraging telemedicine to bring health care to the doorstep of pregnant women in ...

Education matters, especially when it comes to health care. Patients know it too—more than 90% say a physician’s years of education and training are vital to optimal patient care. Yet there are ...

AMA member Stephanie Strohbeen, MD, says learning to be a great teammate is one of the biggest growth experiences in ...

An online patient portal is a website that is used to access personal health information. The patient portal is helpful for patients to keep track of their medical visits, test results, billing, ...

Experts predict that the U.S. will be short between 17,800 and 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034. For many, those numbers may seem too abstract to fathom or the year too far away to ponder given ...

It’s impossible to watch the heartbreaking images from Ukraine and not feel a deep sense of loss for the proud people defending their homeland from this unprovoked attack by the Russian military. And ...

Researchers are just beginning to examine the burgeoning use of EHR-integrated secure messaging in health care settings, and it appears that everyone is using it—but it’s not clear what they’re using ...

You are likely familiar with the staggering physician shortage projections made by the experts at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The nation will come up short on physicians ...

The rise of the COVID-19 Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is the product of a potent mix of mutations that make it easier to spread broadly, including among those who have been previously infected or ...

Recent studies have shown that despite the improvements in the overall health of the country, racial and ethnic minorities experience a lower quality of health care—they are less likely to receive ...