Search results for "Health Disparities"
Chapter advocacy key to advancing ACP's priorities
ACP's legislative staff are following four key court cases on affirmative action, gun violence, climate change, and women's reproductive health care rights.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/chapter-advocacy-key-to-advancing-acps-priorities.htm
1 Jun 2022
Fighting COVID-19 vaccine fallacies with facts
This issue addressed COVID-19 vaccination and integrating oral health into primary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/11/fighting-covid-19-vaccine-fallacies-with-facts.htm
1 Nov 2021
Cardiovascular disease risk prediction models appear to work in black adults
A study reinforces the usefulness of ACC/AHA CVD Pooled Cohort risk equations and the importance of efforts to implement the current guidelines to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in African Americans.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/01/5.htm
1 Mar 2016
3 Cs: Corporatization, consolidation, commodification
Current trends in health care emphasize the importance of our continued advocacy efforts for our patients and our profession.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/3-cs-corporatization-consolidation-commodification.htm
1 Mar 2022
Increasing colorectal cancer screening
Screening rates increased from 2000 to 2015 but continue to lag behind goal levels.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/01/increasing-colorectal-cancer-screening.htm
1 Jan 2019
Telemedicine's future looks bright, with some caveats
ACP's Healthcare Roundtable predicted new uses for telemedicine in a variety of health care settings.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/11/telemedicines-future-looks-bright-with-some-caveats.htm
1 Nov 2018
Sesame Street inspires physicians to advocate for criminal justice reform
According to an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine, physicians are getting a wake-up call about the effects of mass incarceration from an unexpected place: Sesame Street.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/07/8.htm
7 Oct 2014
ACS/ASCO issue guideline on caring for breast cancer survivors; study looks at association between screen-detected DCIS, invasive breast cancer
The 5 areas covered by the guideline are surveillance for breast cancer recurrence, screening for second primary cancer, assessment and management of physical and psychosocial long-term and late effects of breast cancer and treatment, health promotion, and care coordination and practice implications.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/15/4.htm
15 Dec 2015
ABIM offers module on caring for the medically underserved
And the winner is …
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/04/9.htm
4 May 2010
Microscopic genes affected by macroeconomic events
Genes may express themselves differently, depending upon their environment. So, economic disparities and differences in access to health care could impact a person's health. In an era of personalized care, technology, biology and business intersect in novel ways.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/genomics.htm
1 Mar 2012