AI-supported documentation allows Texas Children’s Pediatrics physicians to spend less time on notes, more on building trust, balance and understanding.

Garcia: The new COVID variant that's now spreading in the U.S. and other parts of the world is called NB.1.8.1, and it's being referred to as Nimbus. Like a recent COVID variance, Nimbus is a ...

The eyes have been described as the “gateway to the soul,” but David Kerr, MD, believes they can be the gateway to the brain, heart, kidneys and many other organs as well. Dr. Kerr is a senior ...

Physicians are increasing their use of digital tools enabled by augmented intelligence (AI)—also called artificial intelligence—to assist in the documentation of billing codes, medical charts and ...

University of Iowa Health Care’s patient-centered facility offers a full range of services for musculoskeletal care, including surgery and rehab. To build an orthopedic freestanding hospital, ...

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes offer doctors and health care professionals a uniform language for coding medical services and procedures to streamline reporting, increase accuracy and ...

However, there are still key concerns as physicians continue to explore how these tools will impact their practices. Implementation guidance and research, including clinical evidence, remain critical ...

The AMA is expressing concerns about the Senate budget-reconciliation bill, citing cuts to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding and changes in eligibility criteria that will ...

When The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) rolled out ambient augmented intelligence (AI) —also known as artificial intelligence—scribes in late 2023, it was with an eye toward solving one of medicine’s ...

Among the survey respondents, 35% of physicians said they planned to cut their hours within the next 12 months, a figure that is down slightly from 35.9% in 2023 and 38.1% in 2022. While overall ...

The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. In this installment, George C. Umeh, ...

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 ...