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A letter to the editor addresses the primary care shortage in medical education.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/letter.htm
1 Jul 2017
Prepping IM residents for primary care
Although most patient visits and more than 60% of procedures now occur in the outpatient setting, most of the focus on residency training is on critically ill patients in the hospital.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/education.htm
1 May 2017
Merger mania, merger blues
ACP will continue to press federal and state regulators to block recently proposed insurance mergers, which may decrease choice and increase costs for patients and employers, reduce access due to changing and narrowing networks of physicians and hospitals, or prevent physicians from negotiation over provision of health services.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 2016
IOM reforms need bigger role for primary care, ACP says
ACP has reviewed the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) recent efforts to revise the governance and financing of graduate medical education (GME).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/05/8.htm
5 Aug 2014
And the winner is …
ACP InternistWeekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/25/12.htm
25 Feb 2014
Vote for your favorite entry
ACP InternistWeekly's cartoon caption contest continues. Readers can vote for their favorite caption to determine the winner.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/11/10.htm
11 Feb 2014
Budget brinkmanship may yet impact health care reform
An election is held. The political party that promised to change the direction of American politics wins a lopsided victory.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2011
HRSA offers grant funds to expand primary care
Mylotarg withdrawn from market
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/9.htm
29 Jun 2010
What's next for breast cancer screening?
Mammography screening guidelines by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force set off a firestorm of controversy. But now that the flames have subsided, doctors need to know what to tell their patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/editors.htm
1 Feb 2010
Med schools promoting care for underserved
To encourage primary care careers, medical schools are offering students shortened specialty rotations in favor of fast-track graduation, half-tuition forgiveness and having students follow patients wherever they go in the health system. Different teaching models emphasize continuity of care over snapshots of diagnoses, and place students in the clinics where they can fulfill the nation's need for rural care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/education.htm
1 Feb 2010