Physician efforts to end the epidemic

AMA President-elect speaks on the nation’s overdose epidemic. A video of this interview can be found here. Unger: Hello and welcome to the AMA Update video and podcast. On the heels of National[…]

The American Medical Association Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force highlights progress in addressing the drug overdose epidemic, including increased harm reduction efforts, access to naloxone[…]

The American Medical Association (AMA) and Manatt have developed recommendations for policymakers to improve access to care for pregnant and postpartum people with opioid use disorder, focusing[…]

The American Medical Association Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force continues to advance evidence-based recommendations for policymakers and physicians to help end the nation’s drug-related[…]

(reprinted with permission from Texas Medicine Today) The Texas Medical Board (TMB) recently revised one of its rules in a way that makes it easier for physician practices to provide more[…]

“ The fight to end the nation’s overdose epidemic and restore compassionate care: Profiles in leadership .” Read more how a select group of physicians, policymakers and patient advocates exemplify[…]

The American Medical Association Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force continues to advance evidence-based recommendations for policymakers and physicians to help end the nation’s drug-related[…]

“When children have pain, it needs to be treated,” said Rita Agarwal, MD, in a recent AMA Advocacy Insights webinar on the stigma facing patients with pain, including young children. The panel[…]

While many people talk about the mind-body connection as part of optimal care for patients with pain, Arizona physician Whitney James, MD, has gone a step further, developing her own program to make[…]

The AMA and Manatt Health 2022 State Toolkit identifies more than 400 state laws, regulations, policy guidance and other select national actions being implemented to help end the nation’s drug[…]

One of the best ways to help patients with a substance use disorder is to become active in state politics, said multiple physicians at the recent American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) State[…]

Nearly 500 physicians across 46 states and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have used a Michigan-based program to help become board certified in addiction medicine, and its architects hope to[…]

Don Stader, MD was working a shift in the emergency department (ED) in Denver, Colorado, in 2015 when he came face to face with his own stigma about opioid use disorder (OUD). A limp woman pulled from[…]

“We keep a stock of naloxone for anyone who wants it,” said Aneesh Narang, MD, explaining the importance of making sure those who overdose on opioids have immediate access to the life-saving antidote[…]

AMA calls on policymakers and others to remove barriers to evidence-based care for patients with pain and those with a substance use disorder.

‘You can’t train medical students in addiction if you don’t have trained faculty’ Board-certified Addiction Medicine Physician Cara Poland, MD, MEd, FACP, DFASAM wanted the State of Michigan to train[…]