A Zika vaccine could virtually eliminate prenatal infections
External URL
http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2677349/evaluating-vaccination-strategies-zika-virus-americas
Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ issues ethical guidance for individuals participating in volunteer medical trips
Philadelphia, March 27, 2018 – Physicians who participate in short-term global health experiences such as volunteer medical trips have ethical obligations to the individuals and communities they serve, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) advises in a new published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Internists Encouraged by Increased Funds for Healthcare Programs in Spending Bill
More needs to be done on the issues of firearms safety and protections for Dreamers
Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½
Washington, DC (March 23, 2018) — The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) is encouraged that the spending bill passed by Congress meets many of our priorities for federal health care programs. The fiscal year 2018 spending bill, as passed, will result in health policy gains for physicians and our patients.
Internists Encouraged By Focus on Treatment in White House Plan to Address Opioid Crisis
Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½
Washington, DC (March 19, 2018) — The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ is encouraged by the emphasis on treatment and prevention in the White House’s plan to address the opioid epidemic that was released today. ACP supports policies that help expand treatment and therapy options for individuals and communities facing opioid addiction and other substance use disorders.
Internal medicine residency programs continue to grow but policies needed to ensure patient access to general internists
Philadelphia, March 16, 2018 -- The 2018 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine continues to be the largest training specialty, offering over one-quarter (26.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered 7,542 categorical positions and 374 primary care positions, an increase of 309 categorical positions (4.3 percent) and 33 primary care positions (9.7 percent) from the 2017 Match. Of these positions, 7,733 (97.7 percent) were filled, 3,424 (44.3 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors.
Last call: fall 2018 Board of Governors resolutions
External URL
http://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/30/6.htm
ACP Calls for Reducing Physician Burdens in Red Tape Relief Initiative Roundtable
Washington, DC (March 15, 2018) —Excessive administrative tasks are a diversion of physicians’ time and focus away from patient care, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) told a panel of members of Congress this afternoon. Robert M. McLean, MD, FACP, an internist with the Northeast Medical Group of Yale New Haven Health System in New Haven, Ct. presented ACP’s ideas for how to address the burdensome administrative tasks physicians face to the first Red Tape Relief Initiative roundtable, convened by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.
Gun laws stopped mass shootings in Australia: new research
External URL
http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2675234/fatal-firearm-incidents-before-after-australia-s-1996-national-firearms
Nation’s largest annual gathering of internal medicine doctors meets in New Orleans
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, former Acting Assistant Secretary for Health at U.S. HHS and former Health Commissioner for New Orleans, is keynote speaker at Internal Medicine Meeting 2018
ACP's Advocacy on Medicaid Waiver, Short-term Insurance Plans and Firearms Violence
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https://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/NewsletterArchive.aspx?UCID={F151DAE7-AF91-4D5B-B402-126BDDEFC59F}&Date=03/09/2018
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Summary
ACP launches state Medicaid waiver campaign; Trump administration announces change in regulations for short-term insurance plans; College doubles down in call for action on gun violence following Parkland, Florida shooting.