Millions of Lives Are At Risk from Rising Temperatures

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, MACP
President, American College of Physicians

Statement attributable to:
Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP
President, American College of Physicians

Philadelphia, September 17, 2018 – Team-based health care has the capacity to improve patient outcomes, the efficiency of care, and the satisfaction and well-being of physicians and other clinicians, Dr. Cynthia D. Smith and co-authors write in “Implementing Optimal Team-Based Care to Reduce Clinician Burnout,” published today by the National Academy of Medicine.

Every nine minutes, someone in a U.S. hospital dies due to a medical diagnosis that was wrong or delayed

Philadelphia, September 13, 2018 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) is part of a coalition of more than 40 health care and patient advocacy organizations to launch a targeted effort to improve the quality of medical diagnosis. Researchers estimate that up to 80,000 deaths a year in U.S. hospitals can be attributed to inaccurate or delayed diagnoses.

ACP Urges Testing of Alternatives to Ease Documentation While Supporting Care of Patients With Greatest Medical Needs

Philadelphia, September 10, 2018 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) and Bedside Rounds, a podcast focusing on the history of medicine and how those issues affect our society and culture -- both past and present -- are partnering to offer continuing medical education (CME) credits and maintenance of certification (MOC) points to ACP members.

Washington, DC (August 10, 2018) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) today expressed significant concerns with the proposed rule that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released that would drastically change the rules for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Under the program, groups of physician practices, hospitals and other health care professionals provide coordinated care to their Medicare beneficiary patients, with potential to share in any savings they are able to generate for the system.

Washington, DC (August 7, 2018) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) published the results of research today in the Annals of Internal Medicine that examines recent data on physician compensation by gender in the field of internal medicine. Compensation Disparities by Gender in Internal Medicine provides insight into why disparities in physician compensation between genders exist in internal medicine and the larger medical community.