Nation’s largest annual gathering of internal medicine doctors meets in New Orleans
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
ACP's Advocacy on Medicaid Waiver, Short-term Insurance Plans and Firearms Violence
ACP Reaffirms Calls to Congress for Policies to Reduce Rate of Firearms Violence
Washington, DC (March 7, 2018) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) today sent letters urging Congress to take immediate action to reduce the rate of firearms violence in the U.S.
ACP recommends moderate blood sugar control targets for most patients with type 2 diabetes
Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 – Patients with type 2 diabetes should be treated to achieve an A1C between 7 percent and 8 percent rather than 6.5 percent to 7 percent, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in an evidence-based guidance statement published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
An A1C test measures a person’s average blood sugar level over the past two or three months. An A1C of 6.5 percent indicates diabetes.
ACP Calls for Continued Action in Fighting Opioid Crisis After Encouraging White House Summit
Washington, DC (March 1, 2018) —The American College of Physicians (ACP) is encouraged by the Trump administration’s demonstrated willingness to address the opioid epidemic through prevention, treatment and recovery. The College appreciates being invited to today’s White House Opioid Summit to learn more about the Administration’s progress in combating the opioid crisis and their plans moving forward.
American College of Physicians awarded grant to help combat nation's opioid crisis
Philadelphia, March 1, 2018 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) has received a $50,000 sub-award from the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) to help combat the nation’s opioid crisis.
Are doctors ready to embrace single payer health care?
ACP calls on medicine to optimize learning environments by aligning positive ’hidden’ curriculum with formal curriculum of medical education
Learners should not experience disconnects between what is taught and what is practiced by faculty
Philadelphia, February 27, 2018 –The formal curriculum of medical education must be reinforced and enhanced by the hidden curriculum conveyed in medical schools, residency programs, hospitals, clinics, and team rooms, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in a new position paper published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Relief from an Administrative Burden for Teaching Physicians and Health Care in the Budget Deal
policy priorities; New advocacy group United States of Care launches with ACP support