the AMA weighs in on EMTALA and abortion and Idaho...

My time as Immediate-Past President of AMA is winding down, but I'm proud to share this Viewpoint on our many cases before #SCOTUS. We continue to push back against reckless legislative & judicial interference in the practice of medicine ama-assn.org/about/leadersh…

Thank you, julie rovner and Rachana D. Pradhan, for this story, for interviewing me, and for drawing attention to this predictable downstream consequence of reckless government interference in healthcare, including abortions. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

Thank you National Journal for bringing attention to this unfortunately predictable consequence of reckless government and judicial interference in medical decisions that should be made between patients and their doctors. Many physicians and future physicians are concerned about

📢 World Medical Association news! Now open: Phase 2 of the Declaration of Helsinki Revision Process. Add your voice!📢 Download comment document, submit your comments from 4-24 June, 2004. #declarationofhelsinki #medicalethics #medicalresearch #transparent #inclusive ➡️ ow.ly/4CBK50S8a7C

Proposed revisions to the #DeclarationOfHelsinki are online for public comment - add your input! After inclusive meetings around the world to gather input, our World Medical Association workgroup of 18 national med associations chaired by AMA proposes updates to medical research

A victory to celebrate just as I finished my role at AMA. Wrote about this #Mifepristone case in The New York Times & elsewhere, & briefed at #SCOTUS, as a different rslt would have thrown U.S. FDA drug approval process into chaos and further threatened access to repro health.

Thank you Congresswoman Rep. Diana DeGette for quoting me in your STAT editorial & for your leadership on repro health. Growing government intrusion into personal decisions that should be between doctors and patients is reckless & harms public health statnews.com/2024/06/24/dob…

Looking forward to being part of tomorrow's Xavier Univ. of LA/Ochsner Health panel during ESSENCE Festival on Diversity in Medicine, speaking about the importance of health equity, and learning from moderator a. rye & co-panelists Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH Veronica Gillispie-Bell William McDade and Yolanda lawson.

⚡️See program 26 July, join livestream World Medical Association session: Declaration of Helsinki Revision, 16th World Conf Bioethics, Medical Ethics & Health Law Lujain Alqodmani Jack Resneck MD Otmar Kloiber Florentino Cardoso Bundesärztekammer #medicalethics #DeclarationofHelsinki 👇ow.ly/b06B50SKKux

Thanks Fenit Nirappil & The Washington Post for this story on @ONC_HealthIT fed rules causing patients to get devastating results electronically before hearing from their physician. Docs want patients themselves to be able to determine how/when they get results, but the regs got ahead of

Yet another study showing that managed care plans are publishing bloated physician directories to pretend their networks are adequate -- in this case for Medicaid patients who need psychiatrists! Only 18% of listed in-network clinicians were available... jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Day 1 #DOH Washington meeting by AMA, Dr. Robert M. Califf Commissioner U.S. FDA (remote) gave opening remarks. Jack Resneck MD Chair, WMA Declaration of Helsinki Revision Workgroup, introduced the DoH and revision process. Thanks to all involved! #medicalethics #bioethcis