Jeff Lagasse

Digital health company Prime Surgeons will be launching an online network of surgeons to provide patients with access to surgical care on-demand, the group announced this week.

Americans with multiple chronic conditions -- not necessarily those with a poor immediate prognosis -- could have the largest impact on national spending, according to a new study published by Health Affairs.

Envision Healthcare Holdings and AMSURG Corp. have announced plans to merge, with the combined organization worth about $10 billion, and with an enterprise value of approximately $15 billion based on Tuesday's closing stock prices for the two groups.

At its annual meeting this week, the American Medical Association adopted new policies encourage physicians to co-prescribe naloxone to patients at risk of an overdose; promote timely and appropriate access to non-opioid and non-pharmacologic treatments for pain; and support efforts to delink payments to healthcare facilities with patient satisfaction scores relating to the evaluation and management of pain.

Physicians at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association have adopted guidance for communities on selecting among light emitting diode options, which aims to minimize the potential harmful human health and environmental effects. The group claims that conversion to improper LED technology can have adverse consequences.

The American Medical Association voted at its annual meeting to expand its existing policy on gun safety to include support for waiting periods and background checks for all firearm purchasers. The previous policy supported them, but only for purchasers of handguns; the update parallels policies endorsed by other health organizations.

To help more people with prediabetes access the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Diabetes Prevention Program, the American Medical Association has adopted a policy during its annual meeting to encourage private and public health plans to include the DPP as a covered benefit for their beneficiaries.

The new Behavioral Health Pavilion will be eight stories at completion and house integrated behavioral health services, including a crisis and observation center and outpatient programs.

Physicians gathered at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association have voted for David Barbe, M.D., M.H.A., a family physician from Mountain Grove, Missouri, to be the group's next president-elect, according to the physician organization.

In the wake of the worst mass shooting in American history, and with more than 6,000 deaths already in 2016 from gun violence, the American Medical Association has adopted policy calling gun violence in the United States "a public health crisis," requiring a comprehensive public health response and solution.