Marketing your physician private practice online demands much more than a fancy website, according to Daniel E. Choi, MD, a spinal surgeon and founder of Spine Medicine and Surgery of Long Island.

Over a dozen states let optometrists wield a scalpel on the eyelid, opening up patients to missed cancers, unsafe procedures and more. This legal trend is one that deeply concerns Iowa ophthalmologist ...

Physicians and health IT should collaborate to monitor AI tools for safe use, starting with low-risk cases to cut administrative burdens. Years ago, physicians in the intensive care unit kept an ...

Don’t be afraid to talk with patients 65 or older about safer sex practices. Vaccination options also can help prevent STIs. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for adults 65 or older have more ...

For women physicians—who often wear many other hats in addition to doctor—finding work-life balance can be difficult. This is because there are many challenges that women in medicine face compared ...

How can a physician fellowship applicant catch a program director’s eye? The answer extends well beyond your CV. Rachael Nicholson, MD, spent 13 years as the program director for the vascular surgery ...

As health system leaders create programs to help physicians struggling with burnout, it turns out that there’s an additional step: Making them feel safe to access the medical care they need to stay ...

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 ...

Despite congressional failure to stop across-the-board cuts, CMS officials detailed efforts to boost prevention and primary care’s value. For the fifth straight year, physicians are facing a cut in ...

Diversifying the financial resources of your private practice and owning the medical technology you use may seem like a good idea, but a federal law that was designed to protect consumers from ...

The AMA has filed a lawsuit challenging what insurers pay for out-of-network care. Here’s what will happen next. A quarter of a century ago, the AMA fought to stop a major health insurance carrier ...

As the AMA State Advocacy Summit gets underway, new survey data shows what will keep doctors and medical society staffers busy in statehouses this year. Compared with previous years, 2024 saw a lower ...