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Global health course featuring ACP leadership and policy in Italy this summer
ACP members are invited to participate in the European Genetics Foundation's summer course in Comparative Health: The Reforms of the Health Care Systems in a Globalized World, co-directed by ACP's associate executive vice president John Tooker, MACP, MBA.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/07/12.htm
7 Jun 2011
Free health care reform brochure for patients available
Print copies of the joint ACP and AARP Consumer Guide to Understanding Health System Reform are now available for order. The free brochures, available in both English and Spanish, are meant to be shared with your patients to help answer their questions about health care reform. Guides will be shipped in bundles of 100. The order form is available on the College website.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/14/12.htm
14 Dec 2010
Five questions that may decide success of health care reform
As open enrollment begins under the Affordable Care Act, its success depends upon who signs up, how easy it is to do so, and whether the states help their residents do so. Physicians can help their patients sign up.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/11/washington.htm
1 Nov 2013
ACP recognizes quality improvement champions at Internal Medicine 2014
The ACP Quality Champion 2014 Awards were announced at ACP's first annual Quality Improvement (QI) reception, held at Internal Medicine 2014 in Orlando, Fla., in early April. The reception was held to celebrate the accomplishments of ACP Quality Connect, ACP's re-launched national quality improvement network, and to recognize the leadership of ACP QI champions from around the country.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/29/6.htm
29 Apr 2014
Governance Committee seeks Regent candidates for 2014
The Governance Committee oversees the process for nominating and electing Masters and Fellows of the College to the Board of Regents (BOR) and is beginning the process of seeking Regents to join the Board in May 2014.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/18/11.htm
18 Jun 2013
Annals of Internal Medicine launches new website
Annals of Internal Medicine has launched its website on a new digital platform to provide internal medicine specialists and subspecialists with a faster, more personalized Web experience across Annals, ACP Journal Club, In the Clinic, and PubMed, and a new multimedia library.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/19/12.htm
19 Jun 2012
Prominent speakers addressed Board of Governors at fall meeting
The September meeting of the ACP Board of Governors featured Don Berwick, MD, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, who spoke about health care and delivery system reform. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed the Governors through a video message and introduced Dr. Berwick. David Blumenthal, FACP, MPP, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, also spoke to the Governors about fostering the meaningful use of electronic health records.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/19/13.htm
19 Oct 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
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
ACP Masters, Fellow elected Alpha Omega Alpha officers
Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, has been elected president of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, for 2014/2015. John Tooker, MD, MBA, MACP, is the immediate past president.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/09/10.htm
9 Dec 2014