Philadelphia, March 27, 2018 – Physicians who participate in short-term global health experiences such as volunteer medical trips have ethical obligations to the individuals and communities they serve, the »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp (ACP) advises in a new published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
More needs to be done on the issues of firearms safety and protections for Dreamers
Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp
Washington, DC (March 23, 2018) — The »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp (ACP) is encouraged that the spending bill passed by Congress meets many of our priorities for federal health care programs. The fiscal year 2018 spending bill, as passed, will result in health policy gains for physicians and our patients.
Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp
Washington, DC (March 19, 2018) — The »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp is encouraged by the emphasis on treatment and prevention in the White House’s plan to address the opioid epidemic that was released today. ACP supports policies that help expand treatment and therapy options for individuals and communities facing opioid addiction and other substance use disorders.
Philadelphia, March 16, 2018 -- The 2018 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine continues to be the largest training specialty, offering over one-quarter (26.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered 7,542 categorical positions and 374 primary care positions, an increase of 309 categorical positions (4.3 percent) and 33 primary care positions (9.7 percent) from the 2017 Match. Of these positions, 7,733 (97.7 percent) were filled, 3,424 (44.3 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors.
Washington, DC (March 15, 2018) —Excessive administrative tasks are a diversion of physicians’ time and focus away from patient care, the »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp (ACP) told a panel of members of Congress this afternoon. Robert M. McLean, MD, FACP, an internist with the Northeast Medical Group of Yale New Haven Health System in New Haven, Ct. presented ACP’s ideas for how to address the burdensome administrative tasks physicians face to the first Red Tape Relief Initiative roundtable, convened by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, former Acting Assistant Secretary for Health at U.S. HHS and former Health Commissioner for New Orleans, is keynote speaker at Internal Medicine Meeting 2018
Washington, DC (March 7, 2018) — The »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp (ACP) today sent letters urging Congress to take immediate action to reduce the rate of firearms violence in the U.S.
