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AMA president urges physicians to rethink healthcare system
AMA president Willie Underwood III called for a rethink of healthcare at the association’s House of Delegates Interim Meeting on Nov.
6.
He urged physicians to stop trying to patch what he described as a broken system.
Instead, he called for a system built around better patient outcomes.
He also said it should address the needs of those who deliver care.
The remarks were directed to physicians at the American Medical Association meeting.
They set out a broad call to redesign care, rather than simply repair the existing system.
American Medical Association President Willie Underwood III urged physicians to rethink the healthcare system.
He said they should stop trying to repair what he called a “broken system.”
Underwood called for a system built around better patient outcomes and the needs of those who deliver care.
He made the remarks at the AMA House of Delegates’ Nov. 6 Interim Meeting.
- Who
- Willie Underwood III, president of the American Medical Association, addressed physicians.
- What
- He urged physicians to stop trying to repair the healthcare system and instead reimagine it.
- When
- Nov. 6; the article was published Nov. 9, 2026.
- Where
- The AMA House of Delegates’ Interim Meeting. The meeting’s location is not stated.
- Why
- He called for a system focused on better patient outcomes and the needs of those who deliver care.
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Underwood spoke at the AMA House of Delegates’ Interim Meeting.
Becker's Hospital Review published its report on his remarks.
- Speaker
- Willie Underwood III
- Role
- President of the American Medical Association
- Event date
- Nov. 6
- Event
- AMA House of Delegates’ Interim Meeting
- Proposed focus
- Better patient outcomes and the needs of those who deliver care
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built around better patient outcomes and the needs of those who deliver care