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AMA Seeks More Oversight of Prior Authorization Artificial Intelligence

June 15, 2023 - During its recent Annual Meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates adopted a policy calling for increased regulatory oversight of health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence in the prior authorization process. The new policy urges payers to ensure that their practices for reviewing patient claims and prior...

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AMA Supports Artificial Intelligence in Medical Practice, Training

by Jessica Kent

The American Medical Association (AMA) has endorsed and adopted several new policies to support the integration of artificial intelligence in medical practice and training. At the association’s...

AMA, UnitedHealth Partner for Social Determinants ICD-10 Project

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association and UnitedHealthcare have announced a new collaboration aimed at generating new ICD-10 codes to identify and address the social determinants of health. The two...

AMA Updates Population Health Tool to Improve Patient Care Access

by Jessica Kent

The American Medical Association (AMA) has enhanced its Health Workforce Mapper tool with updated population health data to further improve patient access to care. The tool, which allows users to see...

802 Orgs Lauded for Hypertension Control, Chronic Disease Management

by Jessica Kent

The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) have recognized 802 physician practices and health systems across the country for improving chronic disease management...

AMA, Google Name Winners of PGHD, Data Sharing Challenge

by Jessica Kent

The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the three winners of its AMA Healthcare Interoperability and Innovation Challenge, a project sponsored by Google Cloud that aims to promote data...

AMA Urges “Thoughtfully Designed” Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association (AMA) has released a policy statement that takes a favorable view towards artificial intelligence in healthcare – as long as the emerging category of tools...

AMA, Google Launch Health Data Interoperability, PGHD Challenge

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association (AMA) and Google have announced an innovation challenge aimed at improving healthcare interoperability and developing new methods of collecting and managing...

AMA, AHA Applaud Providers for Blood Pressure Control Successes

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Medical Association (AMA) are congratulating 310 physician practices and health systems for their commitment to tackle of the nation’s most...

AMA to Connect Physicians with Health IT, Big Data Companies

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association (AMA) is continuing its efforts to reshape the health IT landscape by offering physicians a chance to collaborate with big data analytics companies and other vendors...

AMA Launches Integrated Healthcare Big Data Analytics Platform

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association is working to develop an integrated big data analytics and clinical informatics platform that will offer a common data model for organizations seeking to deliver the...

AMA: Real EHR Data in Med School Will Boost “Informatics IQ”

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association is continuing its efforts to modernize the medical school experience by partnering with the Regenstrief Institute to integrate electronic health records more deeply...

AMA: Physicians Love Their Jobs Despite EHR, Financial Woes

by Jennifer Bresnick

Physician dissatisfaction might not be quite as rampant as EHR naysayers are apt to believe, according to new survey results from the American Medical Association.  Despite the challenges brought...

AMA Renews Commitment to Public Health after Election Results

by Jennifer Bresnick

Despite the “anxiety” and “dollop of dread” likely resulting from this November’s Presidential election, the American Medical Association will continue its fight to improve...

AMA: Med School Must Include Population Health, EHRs, Big Data

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association is urging medical schools to use a new textbook to train fledgling physicians in population health management, clinical informatics, and electronic health record use in...

AMA Adopts New Patient Safety, Population Health Policies

by Jennifer Bresnick

The annual meeting of the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates produced a slew of new policies and position statements designed to help the nation’s physicians improve patient...

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