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This year's EHR report card
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.com and re-grades his EHR in the areas of time, practice finances, quality of care, interoperability, and reliability and safety.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/21/8.htm
21 Oct 2014
Ways to reduce administrative burdens on physicians
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, a past chair of ACP's Board of Regents, a practicing internist in Cranston, R.I., and a member of ACP Internist's editorial board, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.com in a post about ways to reduce administrative burdens on physicians.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/23/8.htm
23 Dec 2014
From crisis to opportunity: Time to invest in primary care
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an inadequate and antiquated reimbursement system for primary care, compounded by a neglected public health system.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/from-crisis-to-opportunity-time-to-invest-in-primary-care.htm
1 Feb 2021
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Jul 2020
ACP issues comprehensive statement on U.S. immigration policy
The statement details ACP's opposition to discrimination, religious tests, refugee bans, and denial of entry to persons with legal visas and expresses grave concerns about the implications of the recent executive order on medical education, access to health care services, public health, and families.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/07/2.htm
7 Feb 2017
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Nominations Committee of ACP places in nomination candidates for the position of president-elect, treasurer and other regent nominees.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/11/regents.htm
1 Nov 2009
New Masters and awardees announced for 2016-2017
The new Masters and award winners will be honored during Convocation at Internal Medicine Meeting 2017 in San Diego.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/01/6.htm
1 Nov 2016
Debating ‘repeal and replace’
Last week, ACP sent a letter to the Senate asking that they vote “No” on a budget resolution that would start the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/10/5.htm
10 Jan 2017
Regents hear two sides of applying medical home concept
The Board of Regents recently brought in two experts to talk about how the patient-centered medical home actually works in practice in a first-ever Regents meeting debate.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/10/regents.htm
1 Oct 2009
Preventing suicide in primary care
There is debate over whether screening patients for suicide risk factors actually reduces suicide deaths, yet many primary care clinics are training clinicians and staff to recognize suicide risk factors in their patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/10/preventing-suicide-in-primary-care.htm
1 Oct 2018