Eighty-four percent of all state Medicaid plans now cover (PDF) home or self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring devices. But 25 of those states go beyond covering home BP monitors to also ...

Physicians often spend their days doing the wrong work for their patients. Under the prevalent care-delivery model, physicians are required to do both “solution shop” work—solving unstructured ...

Twenty-seven. That’s how many potential sources of error can falsely raise or lower a patient’s blood pressure reading. Eight of these potential errors involve ...

During Super Bowl week and on the big day, this New Orleans health system will use cutting-edge tech to help fans get the medical attention they need. With the buzz building ahead of Super Bowl LIX in ...

If you are pondering a major change in geography for physician residency, consider this expert advice on how to balance location preferences and future goals. The residency-application process is all ...

This AMA FAQ helps medical students get off to a strong start by answering some of their most common questions. From an M1’s white-coat ceremony though graduation day several years later, medical ...

Vaccines save millions of lives each year. Two infectious diseases physicians discuss the key role they should play for the loved ones in your family. Immunizations have prevented countless cases of ...

Forty-four percent of doctors work in private practice but how did they get there? This episode is an introduction to business ownership and the foundational tools physicians need to get started. In ...

What are top stressors for doctors? How common is physician burnout? What are the most stressful medical specialties? Is administrative burden in health care fixable? Christine Sinsky, MD, a general ...

Doing a rotation at an institution other than your own can be a good opportunity to see how things are done at an institution other than the one at which you have the vast majority of your medical ...

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 ...