Search results for "Health policy"
Health policy after the election
The 2016 elections will have huge consequences for health policy.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2016
Apply for the 2013 Health Policy Internship
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 ACP Health Policy Internship program.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/25/8.htm
25 Sep 2012
In time for Halloween, health care specters arise
ACP's Chief Advocacy Officer explains why the state of U.S. primary health care keeps her up at night.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/10/in-time-for-halloween-health-care-specters-arise.htm
1 Oct 2023
Earn trust, counter misinformation
Physicians are on the front lines of addressing medical misinformation, increasingly figuring out what to address and how.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/06/earn-trust-counter-misinformation.htm
1 Jun 2023
ACP financial profit paper wins John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize
“Financial Profit in Medicine: A Position Paper from the American College of Physicians” was recognized as one of the best articles written in peer-reviewed journals on pressing issues facing the medical profession in 2021.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/04/05/5.htm
5 Apr 2022
ACP calls for policies to protect reproductive health care
New recommendations in a policy brief oppose government restrictions that would erode equitable access to reproductive health care services, including family planning, sexual health information, the full range of medically accepted forms of contraception, and abortion.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/02/28/2.htm
28 Feb 2023
Leadership, Leadership Day, and ‘purple’ as a guide
ACP's Chief Advocacy Officer issues a challenge to members of the College to be more “purple” in their outlook in order to achieve goals as a team, even when they disagree.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/leadership-leadership-day-and-purple-as-a-guide.htm
1 Jul 2023
40 years in health policy, then 40 days in the hospital
My time as a patient made me more aware, in a way that researching and writing about health policy can never do, that although my care experience was mostly positive, this is not the case for millions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/40-years-in-health-policy-then-40-days-in-the-hospital.htm
1 Mar 2022
ACP calls for improvements in health care for incarcerated patients
Adequately funded policies and procedures are needed to reduce health care disparities in access to, and quality of, health care for the U.S. jail and prison population, ACP said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/22/1.htm
22 Nov 2022
All health policy is political, as it must be
The very nature of ACP advocacy involves participating in politics and the political process.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/02/all-health-policy-is-political-as-it-must-be.htm
1 Feb 2019