ACP American College of Physicians - Internal Medicine - Doctors for Adults

ACP believes that the public has a right to expect health care that is safe and effective. The profession is responsible to individual patients and to public to continuously seek to improve the quality of medical care and make sure that health care services are provided as safely as possible. The College believes that the focus must be on the reform of the system, not the punishment of individuals.

Issues Under Patient Safety

• ACP provides comments on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for certain opioid drugs; Letter to: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Hamburg (30-Jun-09)
• ACP Comments to AHRQ regarding Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Proposed Rule; Letter to: AHRQ Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (14-Apr-08)
• ACP Endorses the "National Health Literacy Act"; Letter To: Senators Norm Coleman and Tom Harkin (29-Nov-07)
• ACP Comments on Institute of Medicine Report "Preventing Medication Errors" Letter To: IOM Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medical Errors, Washington DC (30-Sept-06)
• ACP requests the release of Patient Safety Organization regulation; Letter to: Michael Leavitt, secretary of Health and Human Services (27-Sept-07)
• ACP Urges House to Approve the "Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act" (H.R. 3205) Letter To: The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives (25-July-05)
• ACP Urges House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders to Act Promptly to Move the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, H.R. 663, to Enactment, Sign On Letter to Chairman Joe Barton and Ranking Member John Dingell (20-Sept-04)
• Critical Linkages: Patient Safety, Nurse Staffing, and Leadership Solutions for Tomorrow (26-July-04)
• ACP Urges Senate Support of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2003, S. 720; Letter To: Sign On Letter to All U.S. Senators (10-Mar-04)

Policy Highlights

• Improving FDA Regulation of Prescription Drugs (September 2009)
• Controlling Health Care Costs While Promoting the Best Possible Health Outcomes (September 2009)

All Current Policy Papers