ACP Reaffirms Calls to Congress for Policies to Reduce Rate of Firearms Violence
Washington, DC (March 7, 2018) — The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) today sent letters urging Congress to take immediate action to reduce the rate of firearms violence in the U.S.
ACP recommends moderate blood sugar control targets for most patients with type 2 diabetes
Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 – Patients with type 2 diabetes should be treated to achieve an A1C between 7 percent and 8 percent rather than 6.5 percent to 7 percent, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) recommends in an published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
An A1C test measures a person’s average blood sugar level over the past two or three months. An A1C of 6.5 percent indicates diabetes.
ACP Calls for Continued Action in Fighting Opioid Crisis After Encouraging White House Summit
Washington, DC (March 1, 2018) —The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) is encouraged by the Trump administration’s demonstrated willingness to address the opioid epidemic through prevention, treatment and recovery. The College appreciates being invited to today’s White House Opioid Summit to learn more about the Administration’s progress in combating the opioid crisis and their plans moving forward.
Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ awarded grant to help combat nation's opioid crisis
Philadelphia, March 1, 2018 – The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) has received a $50,000 sub-award from the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) to help combat the nation’s opioid crisis.
Are doctors ready to embrace single payer health care?
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ACP calls on medicine to optimize learning environments by aligning positive ’hidden’ curriculum with formal curriculum of medical education
Learners should not experience disconnects between what is taught and what is practiced by faculty
Philadelphia, February 27, 2018 –The formal curriculum of medical education must be reinforced and enhanced by the hidden curriculum conveyed in medical schools, residency programs, hospitals, clinics, and team rooms, the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) recommends in a new published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Relief from an Administrative Burden for Teaching Physicians and Health Care in the Budget Deal
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ACP advocacy leads to administrative relief in medical student entering of EHR data; Congress passes budget including many of ACP's
policy priorities; New advocacy group United States of Care launches with ACP support
policy priorities; New advocacy group United States of Care launches with ACP support
Internists Concerned New Insurance Rule Will Increase Premiums, Destabilize Insurance Market
Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½
America’s Frontline Physicians Call on Government to Act on the Public Health Epidemic of Gun Violence
Washington (February 16, 2018) -- On February 14, 17 children and adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, lost their lives at the hands of an individual with an assault weapon. Thousands of children across the country went to school that morning, but some never returned home that afternoon. This senseless loss of life has become all too common in our country, ending lives, shattering families and disrupting the fabric of another community forever branded by this act of violence.
In Wake of Florida School Shooting, ACP Reaffirms Calls for Policies to Reduce Injuries and Deaths from Firearms
Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½