Search results for "Ethics"
ACP's commitment to address misinformation and disinformation
The College vigorously supports the use of science and scientific expertise, based on the best available evidence, and remains concerned about the spread of both disinformation and misinformation on social media, public news channels, and other digital channels.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/02/14/5.htm
14 Feb 2023
Are you ready to be an FACP?
Becoming an FACP is a rite of passage for many early career ACP members.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/are-you-ready-to-be-an-facp.htm
1 Sep 2023
Balancing ethics, risks of ‘right to try’
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/balancing-ethics-risks-of-right-to-try.htm. Physicians have an obligation to ensure that patients are not harmed during the process of treatment. ... The proliferation of right-to-try legislation might create treatment challenges for doctors as well, said Tom Bledsoe, MD, FACP, chair of ACP's Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/balancing-ethics-risks-of-right-to-try.htm
1 Jan 2018
ACP signs on to ethics code for interactions with companies
ACP signed on to the Code for Interactions with Companies, released April 21 by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS). The code guides medical societies in developing policies and procedures that safeguard the independence and transparency of their programs, policies and advocacy positions in relationships with industry.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/04/11.htm
4 May 2010
Earn CME credit and MOC points for Ethics and Professionalism Learning Module
Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) activities associated with ACP's Ethics Manual have been renewed through Jan. 3, 2018.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/03/6.htm
3 Feb 2015
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination candidates for College governance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/11/nominees-named-for-college-officer-and-regent-positions.htm
1 Nov 2022
Channeling the ‘Fauci effect’
At the local level, really local, like our offices or in our own communities, we are the Dr. Faucis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/channeling-the-fauci-effect.htm
1 Jan 2021
‘Right-to-try’ laws spark debate
This issue covers the ethics of right-to-try laws in the United States, the potential of ransomware to disrupt a physician's office, and conference coverage from infectious disease and cardiology sessions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/right-to-try-laws-spark-debate.htm
1 Jan 2018
ACP adapts reproductive health policy
Once the Supreme Court's final decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was released in June 2022, the landscape for reproductive health care in the U.S. immediately began to change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/04/acp-adapts-reproductive-health-policy.htm
1 Apr 2023
Dispensing drugs on site may help with patient compliance
Morris Kliger, D.O., a physician in Lansdale, Pa., has patients tell him that they are overwhelmed by the price of prescription drugs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/fifteen.htm
1 Mar 2008