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Governor-elect election results announced
The Governors' Subcommittee on Nominations is pleased to announce the Governor-elect Designees for the chapters below. They will start their terms as the Class of 2020 Governors-elect after the Annual Business Meeting at Internal Medicine Meeting 2015 in Boston on May 2, 2015, and will take office as Governors in May of 2016.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/25/10.htm
25 Nov 2014
ACP announces new Masters and awardees for 2014-2015
The Board of Regents recently approved the 2014-2015 ACP Masters and national award winners.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/04/7.htm
4 Nov 2014
This year's EHR report card
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.com and re-grades his EHR in the areas of time, practice finances, quality of care, interoperability, and reliability and safety.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/21/8.htm
21 Oct 2014
Ebola Resources
In response to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, ACP is offering free clinical information and resources to all members of the health care community and the public at large.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/07/11.htm
7 Oct 2014
ACP course helps prescribers safely prescribe opioids, meet FDA requirements
The FDA requires a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for all brand and generic extended-release (ER) and long-acting (LA) opioid pain medicines to ensure that the benefits of prescribing a drug outweigh its risks for patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/30/11.htm
30 Sep 2014
ACP's High Value Care Primary Care Innovation Award presented
ACP sponsored an award given as part of Medstro and MedTech Boston's Innovation in Primary Care Competition for residents and physicians across the U.S. to submit innovative strategies to improve primary care on the American health care frontlines.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/30/10.htm
30 Sep 2014
ACP awarded grant to help patients recognize warning signs, prevent stroke
ACP received a $212,000 grant sponsorship to develop a program to help patients recognize the signs and symptoms of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/23/8.htm
23 Sep 2014
Bottom up: How grassroots input shapes ACP policies
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, a past chair of ACP's Board of Regents, a practicing internist in Cranston, R.I., and a member of ACP Internist's editorial board, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.com in a post about ACP's policy-making procedures.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/16/8.htm
16 Sep 2014
ACP and American Medical Women's Association announce affiliate membership agreement
ACP and the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) have announced an affiliate membership agreement whereby ACP members can become AMWA Affiliate Members as part of their ACP membership at no additional charge.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/16/7.htm
16 Sep 2014
Candidates announced for Board of Governors Chair-elect Designee
Douglas M. DeLong, MD, FACP, and J. Matthew Neal, MD, MBA, FACP, are seeking election as Chair-elect Designee of the Board of Governors. The Governors will be casting ballots online shortly, with the winner to be announced in mid-October 2014. The winner will begin his term as Chair-elect at the conclusion of Internal Medicine 2015 and take office as Chair in May 2016.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/09/7.htm
9 Sep 2014