By Alan Lyndon President Obama’s efforts for massive healthcare reform endured a predictable setback in July. With so many moving parts, Obama’s chances of fast-tracking ...
Read More »NEW AMA NATIONAL HEALTH INSURER REPORT CARD SHOWS IMPROVEMENT, MORE WORK TO DO
CHICAGO – Health insurers have made important improvements in the twelve months since the American Medical Association (AMA) called for an overhaul of the industry’s ...
Read More »AMA SUPPORTS H.R. 3200, “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009”
House Bill Expands Access to High Quality, Affordable Health Care for Americans WASHINGTON– Today, the American Medical Association sent a letter to House leaders supporting ...
Read More »White House: Preparing for H1N1 and Upcoming Flu Season
As the President’s advisor on Homeland Security, I am passing along the following message from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Janet Napolitano, ...
Read More »Opinion: Will healthcare reform torture our sickest seniors?
By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. Water boarding – holding someone’s head underwater until he thinks he’s drowning – is called torture when done to terrorists. ...
Read More »Most Popular Medical Apps for the iPhone
Top Free Medical Apps Epocrates Far and away the most popular mobile software for physicians. Epocrates is developed by healthcare professionals, and includes a drug ...
Read More »Doylestown Hospital is Always on Call with the iPhone
Like most healthcare providers, Doylestown Hospital has an inherently mobile workforce. And for years, the hospital’s IT team searched for the right portable communications tool: ...
Read More »President Obama Lays Out Reform Proposals to the AMA
From Physicians News Wire Services CHICAGO, IL – The American Medical Association welcomed President Obama to its annual meeting in Chicago. Like the president, the ...
Read More »Your Views on Obama's ABC News Forum…
President Obama appeared on ABC last night to discuss reform proposals with a small group of healthcare practitioners, students, executives and citizens. What did you ...
Read More »Policies and Guidelines from the AMA Convention
The nation’s physicians concluded their second day of voting at the American Medical Association’s (AMA) annual policy-making meeting in Chicago. The unifying physician consensus developed ...
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