Program areas at American Medical Association
Scientific publications - the ama published the journal of the American Medical Association, jama network open, and 11 specialty journals. These journals are distributed worldwide to individual recipients in print and to more than 2,980 institutions through online access. The journals included definitive, peer reviewed clinical and investigative reports spanning major Medical disciplines to support informed clinical decision-making and to enable physicians to remain current professionally.
The ama is responsible for the development and sales of Medical information books and digital content designed to meet the needs of members, potential members, consumers, and others. This includes Medical practice information and ethics texts, current procedural terminology and other Medical coding texts, as well as many other relevant topics for the Medical profession.
The ama is committed to seeking change in the federal and state legislative/regulatory environments to protect the needs of patients and enable physicians to provide optimal care. Predominant areas of focus are seeking medicare payment reform; eliminating practice barriers; promoting physician-led team-based care; increasing physician wellness; reducing health care disparities; and advocating for public health measures.
I. Improving health outcomes, quality of care and public healthii. Accelerating change in Medical education. Advancing improvements in undergraduate Medical education and graduate Medical education, health system science.iii. Improving professional satisfaction and practice sustainability for physicians in all practice typesiv. Professionalism and ethicsv. Undergraduate, graduate and continuing Medical education policy & researchvi. Science, research & technologyvii. Political educationviii. Judicial advocacyix. International medicinex. Health policy research & developmentxi. Medical practice books and contentxii. Strengthening, amplifying and sustaining ama's work to eliminate health inequities - improving health outcomes and closing disparity gapsxiii. Interest group research and support for Medical students, residents and fellows; young physicians; women physicians; senior physicians; integrated physician practices; organized Medical staff; academic physicians; private practice physicians; international Medical graduates; minority affairs; advisory committee on lgbtq issues