PHILADELPHIA, May 25, 2021 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a paper that details the methods that its Scientific Medical Policy Committee (SMPC) uses to develop ACP living, rapid practice points. The Development of Living, Rapid Practice Points: Summary of Methods From the Scientific Medical Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians, was published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Statement attributable to:
George M. Abraham, MD, FACP, FIDSA
President, American College of Physicians

PHILADELPHIA, May 13, 2021 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) announced today that it is partnering with The DEI Shift, a podcast hosted by internists that focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion in medicine. ACP members who listen to The DEI Shift podcast can claim continuing medical education (CME) credits and maintenance of certification (MOC) points for each episode by logging into ACP’s Online Learning Center.

PHILADELPHIA, May 11, 2021 – In a new paper released today, the American College of Physicians (ACP) acknowledges the potential for patient-reported outcome–based performance measures that are methodologically sound and evidence based to assess and improve patient-centered care, but recommends caution in how they are used. The paper, Recommending Caution in Patient-Reported Outcome–Based Performance Measurement was published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Washington, D.C. May 4, 2021 – A new set of recommendations released today by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) could help to improve primary care medicine for patients and physicians, said the American College of Physicians (ACP).  Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care analyzes the challenges facing primary care and lays out an implementation plan for strengthening primary care medicine.