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ACP releases new learning activity focusing on socioeconomically disadvantaged patients

‘Caring With Compassion’ is free to the medical community

Philadelphia, March 26, 2019 – The »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp (ACP) has released , a free online learning activity focusing on care for socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.

Internal medicine residency match increases slightly from last year, but policies still needed to ensure patient access to general internists

Philadelphia, March 15, 2019 -- The 2019 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine remains the largest training specialty, offering one-quarter (25.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered a record high 8,116 categorical positions and 396 primary care positions, an increase of 574 categorical positions (7.6 percent) and 22 primary care positions (5.9 percent) from the 2018 Match. Of these positions, 7,733 (97.7 percent) were filled, 3,424 (44.3 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors.

Internists Support Congressional Efforts to Extend Anti-Discrimination Protections to LGBT Americans

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp

»Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp hosts nation’s largest annual gathering of internal medicine doctors

Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 in Philadelphia marks ACP’s 100th annual scientific meeting

Internal medicine physicians, subspecialists, medical students, and allied health professionals from around the world will gather in Philadelphia for the »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp’ (ACP) from Thursday, April 11, through Saturday, April 13, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

ACP Urges Senate Committee to Lower Health Care Costs, Invest in High Value Primary Care

Washington, DC (March 1, 2019) — The »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp (ACP) responded to a request from the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) today for ideas on how to lower the price of health care for American patients and consumers.

ACP Opposes Title X Rule Jeopardizing Women’s Health Care Services

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp

Washington, DC (February 25, 2019) — The »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp (ACP) is alarmed by the administration’s final draft rule changing the Title X Family Planning program. These significant changes to Title X will jeopardize access to health care for vulnerable, often working, low-income patients who may have limited to no access to health insurance. These changes will also harm the patient-physician relationship.

Internists Applaud Passage of Bills Bolstering Background Checks for Firearms Purchasers by Key Congressional Committee

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp

Call for fall 2019 Board of Governors resolutions

External URL
http://www.acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/29/6.htm

ACP Reaffirms Urgent Need for Policies to Reduce Gun Violence in Light of Recent Mass Shootings

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp

Internists Encouraged by Bill Raising Minimum Age to Buy Assault-Style Weapons to 21

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, »Æ¹ÏµÎµÎapp

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