Joint statement on improving health through DEI
The AAMC and 9 other leading health care and medical associations issued a joint statement in support of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in health care as a means to help improve the health of our nation. “Our efforts to promote DEI seek to address the long-standing and well-documented inequities in our health care system and its impact on the health of our patients and communities. Excellence in patient care cannot exist until we have a physician workforce capable of caring for our patients and their needs holistically, and until the profession of medicine is accessible to all qualified individuals.”
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AAMC statement on Health and Human Services funding in FY 2024 appropriations legislation
AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, and Chief Public Policy Officer Danielle Turnipseed, JD, MHSA, MPP, issued a statement regarding passage of the second and final package of six fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills for the federal government. “The AAMC is pleased that the U.S. Congress has passed a FY 2024 spending package that preserves funding for critical health care programs and services that are integral to supporting the academic medicine community and the patients they serve.”
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AAMC letter to Wall Street Journal defends diversity in medical school
A letter co-authored by David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, and Alison J. Whelan, MD, AAMC chief academic officer, was published in the Wall Street Journal. The authors assert that a previously published op-ed “mischaracterizes the way medical schools establish curricula, including considerations of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Teaching related to DEI, health equity, and the care of our diverse population supplements, but in no way replaces, a strong focus on the latest science and evidence on human health and disease.”
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AAMC joins amicus brief on EMTALA pre-emption
The AAMC joined the American Hospital Association and America’s Essential Hospitals in a March 18 Supreme Court amicus brief explaining that an Idaho law criminalizes the termination of a pregnancy even when it is medically necessary and required to stabilize a patient under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). The brief asks the court to affirm the district court’s preliminary injunction in a case involving an Idaho statute that makes it a crime for health care providers to terminate a pregnancy without making an exception for stabilizing care, as EMTALA requires. Providers seeking to comply with EMTALA could face felony charges and the loss of their professional licenses. The brief explains that the threat of criminal and professional sanctions interferes with the exercise of expert medical judgment and intrudes upon the relationship between a patient and their physician.
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AAMCNews: Why we know so little about women’s health
Before 1993, women were rarely included in clinical trials. Today, the medical field still doesn’t know how well many drugs and devices work for women.
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AAMCNews: Is it cancer? Artificial intelligence helps doctors get a clearer picture
AI tools are analyzing images and tissue samples to detect cancer sooner and more precisely. Doctors hope to improve and accelerate patient care.
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