AMA Journal of Ethics

Wearable or implantable devices enable employers to monitor health, productivity, and wellness of employees.

Changes to CB tax policy could promote engagement with public health departments, collaboration with community-based nonprofits, and greater focus on health equity.

What are key factors for successful partnerships between health care organizations and communities? We discuss strategies for building trust and engaging effectively.

Traditional curricular focus areas are insufficient for preparing future clinicians to function in a rapidly evolving health care system.

Where people live and work influences how long and how well they live. Supporting community investments can diminish risk, improve outcomes, and reduce costs.

Health care reform expanded health insurance to millions, but current community benefit policies must be used by organizations hoping to address social determinants.

In 2018, the AMA provided a broad framework for evolving AI in health care designed to help realize the benefits it promises for patients and clinicians.

Guidance for organizations using AI tools to diagnose and to develop treatment recommendations can also help clinicians consider risks and benefits.

Professional society guidelines can be used to set standards for clinical practice instead of government. This approach could help if federal or state policymakers view discarding embryos as ethically equivalent to abortion.

False health-related speech can cause harm, but it’s not restricted unless it’s obscene. Physicians are obliged not only to correct patients’ false beliefs, but to engage digital spaces in which false claims thrive.