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Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, �ƹϵε�app

Washington, DC (April 19, 2018)— The �ƹϵε�app (ACP) has long supported and advocated improving performance measures so they help physicians provide the best possible care to their patients without creating unintended adverse consequences.

ACP launches Startup Advisors Network at Internal Medicine Meeting 2018

New Orleans, April 19, 2018 -- Caleb Murphy won the ACP Innovation Challenge grand prize today during Internal Medicine Meeting 2018, the annual scientific meeting of the �ƹϵε�app (ACP). ACP awarded $20,000 to Murphy, an MD/MBA candidate at University of Minnesota Medical School Twin Cities, for “High-Value Technology: Developing Electronic Medical Record Capabilities to Promote High-Value Clinical Practice.”

Washington, D.C. April 19, 2018 – Taking a closer look at social determinants of health can improve the quality of patient care and foster better health care outcomes, the �ƹϵε�app (ACP) said today during a press briefing at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2018. The briefing discussed ways to reduce inequalities in health care and how ACP and other medical professionals can promote health equity.

Members of the panel included Jack Ende, MD, MACP, president, ACP; Sarah Candler, MD, MPH; and Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc.

Many current performance measures frustrate physicians and are potentially harmful to patients

Philadelphia, April 18, 2018 – Annals of Internal Medicine and the �ƹϵε�app (ACP) will honor Jenifer M. Brown, MD and Kumar Dharmarajan, MD, MBA with Junior Investigator Recognition Awards at , ACP’s annual scientific meeting in New Orleans from April 19 - 21.

Washington, D.C., April 17, 2018 -- The �ƹϵε�app (ACP) published a paper today in the Annals of Internal Medicine that examines ways to achieve gender equity in the medical profession. provides a set of recommendations aimed at addressing the challenges women in medicine face, including equity in physician compensation, career advancement, and bias.

Washington, D.C. April 17, 2018 -- The �ƹϵε�app (ACP) published a paper today in the Annals of Internal Medicine that examines ways to reduce health care disparities. provides a set of recommendations aimed at improving patient care and health outcomes, and overcoming the special challenges associated with adverse conditions in which people are born, grow, work and live.

Philadelphia, April 16, 2018 – The �ƹϵε�app (ACP) is honoring six chief residents as winners of the Herbert S. Waxman Chief Resident Teaching Scholarships at , ACP’s annual scientific meeting. The 2018 chief resident awardees are:

The 2018 chief resident awardees are:

Philadelphia, April 16, 2018 -- The �ƹϵε�app (ACP) will honor the winners of its national abstract competitions during Internal Medicine Meeting 2018, ACP’s annual scientific meeting that takes place April 19 - 21 in New Orleans. The competitions are open to ACP Early Career Physician Members, ACP Resident/Fellow Members, and Medical Students Members.