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ACP's Steven Weinberger, FACP, blogs at KevinMD
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https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/13.htm
29 Jun 2010
Internists elected at AMA House of Delegates meeting
Cecil Wilson, MACP, former chair of the ACP Board of Regents, was inaugurated as the 165th president of the American Medical Association at the 2010 annual meeting of the AMA House of Delegates held in Chicago on June 11-16.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/14.htm
29 Jun 2010
New clinical information section launches on College website
ACP has launched a new online Clinical Information section on its website. Multimedia content, quiz questions and the latest clinical guidelines are all easily accessible from the landing page, as are a number of diverse resources, from ACP's quality improvement programs to point-of-care tools and special clinical topic collections such as bioterrorism. The redesigned section allows easier browsing of clinical news and insight and faster searching of ACP's journals, publications, guidelines and interactive tools.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/15.htm
29 Jun 2010
College Master awarded National Research for Women and Families honor
Omega C. Logan Silva, MACP, the second African-American woman to earn an ACP Mastership, has been awarded the Foremother Award of the National Research Center for Women & Families. Dr. Silva was the first woman president of Howard University Medical Alumni Association, the second African-American president of the American Medicine Women's Association, the founder of the International Women in Medicine, and winner of the Bertha Van Hoosen Award. Dr. Silva is well known for her long-time advocacy efforts for universal health care and ongoing support of women in medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/13/9.htm
13 Jul 2010
New online community launched to help with EHRs
The College partnered with Cientis Technologies to launch a new, free interactive website last week which will help medical practices compare, select, and implement electronic health records (EHRs).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/20/12.htm
20 Jul 2010
New ethics case study on MedscapeCME
A new case study in the ACP professionalism case studies series, “To Be or Not to Be: Should I Serve as an Expert Witness?” is now available on Medscape for CME credit. The study provides guidance for physicians participating as expert witnesses in legal cases.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/20/11.htm
20 Jul 2010
ACP releases joint statement with ACC and AHA on heart failure
ACP, along with the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Heart Association (AHA), has released a clinical statement on heart failure.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/27/8.htm
27 Jul 2010
2009-2010 Report of the Executive Vice President available online
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https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/27/7.htm
27 Jul 2010
College-supported organization launches internal medicine program in Bhutan
Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO), an ACP-supported organization, announced the opening of a new internal medicine program in Bhutan at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) and the Royal Institute of Health Sciences (RIHS).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/27/9.htm
27 Jul 2010
Expert panel: physicians need to practice better lifestyle medicine
A set of competencies, released in the July 14 Journal of the American Medical Association by an expert panel that included representatives from ACP, urges physicians to take responsibility for helping patients make healthy behavior changes to prevent disease and promote health.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/03/9.htm
3 Aug 2010