American Medical Association Meeting
AMA employs principles to promote secure, accurate mHealth apps
The AMA recently developed a list of principles to guide coverage, payment and financial incentive mechanisms that support the use of mobile health applications and devices that are safe and effective, according to a press release.
AMA: Fundamentals of drug pricing must be altered
To address and improve the current prescription drug pricing issue in the U.S. market, drugs should be priced based on value, thereby reducing costs without compromising patient outcomes and access, according to a new policy adopted by the AMA.
AMA implements policies to support well-being of physicians-in-training
The AMA recently adopted new policies for physicians-in-training to receive timely and confidential medical and mental health services during their medical schooling or residencies and fellowships to help sustain their personal health and wellness while reducing burnout, according to press release.
AMA adopts new policies to study CTE, other head injuries
Citing the quarter of a million Americans who experience concussions each year, the AMA implemented new policies it hopes will increase research on head injuries, according to a press release.
AMA adopts policy cautioning against use of nootropics
Delegates at the annual AMA meeting have voted in favor of a new policy against "the nonmedical use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement in healthy individuals," according to a press release issued by the organization.
AMA calls for public, private health plans to cover CDC diabetes prevention program
The AMA during its annual meeting in Chicago announced a new policy encouraging both private and public health care plans to include the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program as a benefit for patients with prediabetes, according to a press release.
AMA calls for increased HIV prevention, PrEP education
The AMA has adopted policies focused on improving physician education on the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection, according to a press release from the organization.
AMA announces new policy on lead in drinking water
The AMA during its annual meeting in Chicago adopted a new policy aimed at protecting the public from further exposure to lead in drinking water, and its associated adverse physical and mental health effects, according to a press release.
AMA adopts new opioid policies
The AMA announced new policies aimed at reducing the opioid epidemic in the United States at its annual meeting, according to a press release from the organization.
AMA calls for ban on powdered alcohol
The AMA, during its 2016 annual meeting in Chicago, adopted a policy supporting federal and state legislation banning powdered alcohol in the United States, according to a press release.