Search results for "Social determinants of health"
New Bedside Rounds podcast examines “The White Plague”
Learn how physicians and reformers developed ways to fight tuberculosis.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/16/4.htm
16 Oct 2018
Seeking a new vision for American health care
ACP's New Vision initiative will engage all of ACP's policy committees, as well as its membership, in examining what is working well and what is not with American health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/10/seeking-a-new-vision-for-american-health-care.htm
1 Oct 2018
Urban health residencies aim to create primary care leaders
Two residency tracks at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore focus specifically on urban primary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/09/urban-health-residencies-aim-to-create-primary-care-leaders.htm
1 Sep 2018
Merger memories and abiding realities
Several of the issues that ACP is championing in 2018 live up to a vision created 20 years ago, when the organization merged with the American Society of Internal Medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/07/merger-memories-and-abiding-realities.htm
1 Jul 2018
Making a difference in internists' daily work, patients' health
ACP seeks to understand how internists perceive its advocacy and how to best show them more clearly its relevance to their daily lives.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/06/making-a-difference-in-internists-daily-work-patients-health.htm
1 Jun 2018
Doctors with borders
What parameters determine ACP's responsibility to speak out on what is right and wrong, set guidelines, offer guidance, and articulate policy on behalf of internal medicine?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/03/doctors-with-borders.htm
1 Mar 2018
What would a happy health care New Year look like?
There are five ways that lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats alike, and President Trump can work together on real solutions to the real problems in the American health care system.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/what-would-a-happy-health-care-new-year-look-like.htm
1 Jan 2018
Caring for ex-prisoners presents management challenges
When caring for patients who have been released from prison, internists must consider the economic and social obstacles that can impact the plan of care, as well as the difficulty of coordinating with jails and prisons and obtaining patients' medical records.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/09/caring-for-ex-prisoners-presents-management-challenges.htm
1 Sep 2017
Four days in May
Leadership Day on Capitol Hill, when more than 400 ACP members met with their senators and representatives to advocate for College priorities, occurred against a backdrop of historic events.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/four-days-in-may.htm
1 Jul 2017
Letter to the editor: politics and patient care
Readers respond to recent coverage about ACP advocacy and its direct impact on patient care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/06/letter.htm
1 Jun 2017