Statement attributable to:
Jacqueline Fincher, MD, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
Washington, DC (April 29, 2020) In a letter sent this morning to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the American College of Physicians (ACP) said that primary care physicians and their practices need to be prioritized for relief funding in order to ensure they are able to continue operating while dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philadelphia, PA (April 28, 2020) – Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians (ACP) are honoring Anna Brand, MD, and David Levine, MD, MPH, MA, as recipients of the Junior Investigator Recognition Awards. As ACP’s 2020 Internal Medicine Meeting was canceled in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the recipients will be invited to ACP’s 2021 Internal Medicine Meeting.
Philadelphia, PA (April 24, 2020) – Universal do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, social worth, and life-years approaches to rationing scarce resources are not fair and conflict with ethical principles, and should not be used during the COVID-19 pandemic or other health catastrophes, write authors affiliated with the American College of Physicians (ACP) Ethics, Professionalism, and Human Rights Committee in an Ideas and Opinions article published today in
Washington, DC (April 23, 2020) The American College of Physicians (ACP) this afternoon acknowledged appreciation for provisions in the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act that will help physicians and their patients, particularly the funding to support the financial viability of physicians and their practices.
