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College joins Choosing Wisely campaign
ACP has joined other leading professional medical organizations in the Choosing Wisely campaign, which complements the College's High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care effort.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/20/7.htm
20 Dec 2011
ACP offers low back pain guidelines pocket card and digital version
ACP and the International Guidelines Center have released a new Low Back Pain GUIDELINES Pocketcard™, adapted from ACP's guidelines and best practice advice.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/14/9.htm
14 Jun 2011
Nominate candidates for upcoming Council of Associates and Council of Student Members elections
ACP's Council of Associates (COA) and Council of Student Members (CSM) are seeking candidates to fill vacant seats with terms to begin at Internal Medicine 2013.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/04/9.htm
4 Dec 2012
ACP Master to chair task force on Japanese nuclear disaster
Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD, MACP, former Governor for the ACP Japan chapter, was recently designated to chair an independent task force to investigate the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/01/12.htm
1 May 2012
ACP urges White House, congressional leaders to agree on debt ceiling
Last Thursday, the College sent a letter to President Obama, Vice President Biden and congressional leaders urging them to reach a debt ceiling agreement in time to avert disruption of care for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/12/8.htm
12 Jul 2011
ICD-10/version 5010 readiness assessment available
ACP is making available to its members a readiness assessment tool developed by CMS to gauge the health care industry's awareness of, and preparation for, the transition to ICD-10 and version 5010.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/04/26/8.htm
26 Apr 2011
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
Waste not, want not
Fred Ralston Jr., MD, MACP, a past president of ACP and a practicing internist in Fayetteville, Tenn., writes at KevinMD.com about current efforts to practice high-value, cost-conscious care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/05/12.htm
5 Jun 2012
ACP releases Immunization Advisor app
ACP has released the ACP Immunization Advisor, an app that will allow members to access the latest vaccine indications at their fingertips.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/03/11.htm
3 Apr 2012
New ethics case study posted
The ACP Center for Ethics and Professionalism has posted a new case study, “Who Should Get What? Mammography and the Stewardship of Health Care Resources”, on Medscape.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/03/12.htm
3 Apr 2012