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Call for spring 2011 Board of Governors resolutions
The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the spring 2011 Board of Governors meeting is Monday, Oct. 4, 2010.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/03/8.htm
3 Aug 2010
Last chance to register for Webinar on EHR meaningful use
On Aug. 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET, ACP and AmericanEHR Partners are holding a free Webinar, “Meaningful Use and Its Implications For Your Practice,” featuring David Blumenthal, FACP, national coordinator for health information technology, and Michael Zaroukian, FACP, chief medical information officer for Michigan State University.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/03/10.htm
3 Aug 2010
Hospitalists wanted for survey and program development
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https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/10/8.htm
10 Aug 2010
ACP's international newsletter is now online
The current issue of ACP International Newsletter includes a global perspective on internal medicine from Somwang Danchaivijitr, FACP (Hon), immediate past president of the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand, and a profile of Norman Wilder, MACP, MBA, past governor of the ACP Alaska Chapter, discussing his recent ACP ambassador travel to Venezuela.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/10/9.htm
10 Aug 2010
ACP announces new Division of Medical Practice, Professionalism & Quality
And the winner is …
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/31/9.htm
31 Aug 2010
ACP Chapter meetings coming up
Attend a fall chapter meeting, earn CME credit, and find out what your local ACP Chapters have to offer. View the Chapter calendar or visit the Chapters and Regions page to find out more about local activities.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/31/10.htm
31 Aug 2010
ACP supports Saudi physicians upholding medical ethics
The American College of Physicians and Physicians for Human Rights sent a letter to the Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia in support for Saudi physicians and hospitals who have refused to intentionally inflict a spinal cord injury in retribution for an alleged attack that resulted in another person's paralysis. “Consistent with the principle of nonmaleficence,” the letter states, “in medical ethics—to do no harm—we are confident that the use of medical facilities, procedures and personnel to maim human beings is, under all circumstances including the punishment of convicted criminals, abhorrent to physicians everywhere.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/10.htm
14 Sep 2010
ACP provides ethical guidance on using incentives to promote personal responsibility
A new ACP position paper provides ethical guidance for the use of incentives to promote personal responsibility for health.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/11.htm
14 Sep 2010
Candidates announced for Board of Governors Chair-elect
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https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/9.htm
14 Sep 2010
ACP's John Tooker, MACP, blogs at KevinMD
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https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/21/9.htm
21 Sep 2010