Past ACP News
November 2009
October 2009
- American College of Physicians Executive Vice President and CEO to Step Down
- Call for spring 2010 Board of Governors resolutions
- ACP Statement on Senate Vote on SGR Legislation
- ACP Issues Guideline on Benefits and Risks of Oral Medications Used to Treat Patients with ED
- Health Care Coalition Applauds the Senate Finance Committee for Furthering Health Reform Legislation
- "Osler's Bedside Library" is an Introduction to the World's Great Literature for Physicians
- ACP Joins Expanding Health Care Coalition
- ACP President at the White House Supporting Health Care System Improvement
September 2009
- New Book Teaches Core Skills Needed to Create Professional Scientific Communications
- ACP Launches Ethics Case Studies Series on MedscapeCME
- Do Not Let Opportunity for Health Care Reform Slip Away
- Internists Remind Public to Get Seasonal Flu Shot
- ACP Earns EPA Award
- Internists' New Paper Identifies and Analyzes Key Drivers of Health Care Costs
- ACP Welcomes September New Fellows
- Mediterranean Diet Trumps Low-fat Diet for Diabetes Management
August 2009
July 2009
- ACP President Speaks at News Conference with Senators about Health Care Reform
- Joint Letter in Support of Health Care Reform
- National Geographic Interviews Post Mortem Author
- Internists Note ‘Close Alignment’ with Policies in America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 -ACP Urges Approval by House Committees
- ACP Welcomes July New Fellows
- Internists and Other Physician Groups Support Comparative Effectiveness Provisions in Proposed Legislation
- 2009-2010 EVP Report from the Executive Vice President Now Available
- Evidence-Based Information about CAM Treatments Now Available
May 2009
- IOM Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Releases Recommendations
- ACP Supports Broad Goals of House "Tri-Committee" Proposed Health Reform Legislation
- ACP Endorses Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act
- ACP Welcomes New Class of Fellows
- "Breaking the Cycle" Focuses on Resolving Doctor-Patient Conflicts
April 2009
- ACP Enters eBook Arena
- Payment Reform, Challenges Facing Primary Care Addressed in Policy Papers
- Internal Medicine 2009 Keynote Address
- American College of Physicians Launches Free Web-based Resource to Improve COPD Care
- Harold Sox to Retire as Annals Editor
- New Book from ACP Press Helps Heal Clinician-Patient Bonds
- Past Medical Research Still Relevant to Modern Practice
- New Resource to Help Patients Managing High Blood Pressure
- National Healthcare Decisions Day 2009
- Treating Smoking as a Chronic Disease
- Internal Medicine 2009 Press Kit Now Available
March 2009
- Eighty-two Years of Annals of Internal Medicine Now Available Online
- Leaders of Major National Organizations Collaborate on Approaches to Health Reform
- U.S. Experiencing Primary Care Shortage ‘Likes of Which We Have Not Seen’
- ACP Comments on Residency Match Results
- Medicine's Small Business Practices Should be Supported By Federal Budget, Committee on Small Business Told
- New National Education Program Available for Internal Medicine Physicians
- Internists Participate in White House Summit on Health Care
- Submit Candidates for New Regent and Treasurer Positions for 2010
- Patient-Physician “Connectedness” Affects Quality of Care
- ACP President Attending Today’s White House Health Care Summit (Update to Follow)
February 2009
- Internists Issue Policy Statements on Critical Roles of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners in Improving Access to Care
- Study Looks at Reliability of Compendia Methods for Off-Label Uses of Cancer Drugs
- Telephone Support for Lifestyle Changes May Help Obese Patients on Medication Lose More Weight
- State of America's Health Care is Poor