Search results for "Health policy"
Spring planting for a new harvest
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken half a million American lives. Amid this loss, the new year offers new political leadership, new insights, and new plans for the future.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/spring-planting-for-a-new-harvest.htm
1 Mar 2021
Working toward fundamental change
ACP engages in a significant number of efforts on its own and with external organizations to help move the health care system to one that better addresses its vision for better health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/04/working-toward-fundamental-change.htm
1 Apr 2022
New year, new chances to advocate for physicians, patients
ACP played an essential role in several important health policy wins for physicians and their patients in 2022.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/01/new-year-new-chances-to-advocate-for-physicians-patients.htm
1 Jan 2023
Benefits of clearly defining value in patient care
Physicians have always been charged as agents to advocate for patients' best interests. Simultaneously, however, they are tasked with considering using resources wisely. These commitments can sometimes conflict and create tradeoffs in clinical decision making.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/11/policy.htm
1 Nov 2015
Apply now for ACP's 2015 Washington internship
Applications are now being accepted for the College's Health Policy Internship for Resident/Fellow and Medical Student Members. Spend a month in Washington learning about health policy and advocating for internal medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/05/10.htm
5 Aug 2014
When visits become ‘on the record’
With recording technology becoming ubiquitous, more patients are recording their encounters with physicians, sometimes without their knowledge.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/when-visits-become-on-the-record.htm
1 Apr 2018
ACP, agencies work to prioritize primary care
ACP has advocated for and in some cases been directly involved in advising on or developing efforts to reform primary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/11/acp-agencies-work-to-prioritize-primary-care.htm
1 Nov 2021
ACP's Washington office accepting internship applications
The College's Washington office is now accepting applications for a newly created Health Policy Internship Program. The interns will work with ACP staff to plan ACP's annual Leadership Day and will be responsible for researching and presenting students and residents at Leadership Day with information on health policy issues relevant to those groups. Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited medical school or internal medicine training program and must be a member of ACP. One Associate member and one medical student member will be chosen for the month-long spring internship.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/23/10.htm
23 Nov 2010
Trainees take charge at Leadership Day 2019
Nearly 400 physicians and future doctors from 48 states and Washington, D.C., focused on core priorities of ACP policy during more than 415 meetings with members of Congress and their staff.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/trainees-take-charge-at-leadership-day-2019.htm
1 Jul 2019
Correcting medicine's use of race in clinical algorithms
Recent efforts have pushed institutions to reconsider the use of race not just in estimating kidney function, but in a variety of algorithms and scores.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/correcting-medicines-use-of-race-in-clinical-algorithms.htm
1 May 2021