Press Release Archive - January-June 2004
June 2004
| 6/30 | Patient-Centered, Physician-Guided Care Must Guide Medicare’s Chronic Care Improvement Program Says ACP |
| 6/24 | ACP Supporting Legislation to Provide Better, More Cost-Effective Care to Medicare Beneficiaries |
| 6/17 | Health Care Providers Warn About Budget Spending Caps, "Pay-as-you-go" rule |
| 6/8 | Two Studies Weigh In on Low-Carb Diets |
| 6/7 | Two New Books from ACP: Screening for Disease, Genetics in Patient Care |
May 2004
| 5/20 | ACP Asks Bush Administration to Investigate If Other U.S. Held Prisoners and Detainees Are Being Mistreated |
| 5/17 | American College of Physicians (ACP) Supports Goals of Republican Uninsured Task Force and Urges Bipartisan Approach |
| 5/17 | Senator Jeff Bingaman is Awarded the Joseph F. Boyle Award for Distinguished Public Service |
| 5/10 | New ACP Report Examines the Cost to Society of Americans Lacking Health Insurance |
| 5/5 | ACP Details Connection between Improving Quality of Care through Physician Performance Measures and Advances in Electronic Health Records |
April 2004
| 4/23 | 'ACP Medicine,' Multimedia Medical Reference, to Debut |
| 4/23 | ACP Releases New Papers on Performance Measures and the Development of a National Health Information Infrastructure |
| 4/22 | ACP Moves Forward to Invigorate Internal Medicine |
| 4/22 | ACP Foundation and National Library of Medicine Launch National Consumer Information Program For Internists and Their Patients |
| 4/20 | New ACP Study Examines Advantages and Pitfalls of Converting Physician Office Operations to Electronic Format: The Paperless Medical Office |
| 4/20 | ACP Announces International Medical Fellowship Exchange Program |
| 4/20 | ACP Guidelines: Many Diabetics Should Be Taking Statins |
| 4/19 | Media Advisory #2: ACP Annual Session |
| 4/19 | America's Internists Lace Up Running Shoes to Raise Funds for LSU Student-Run Adult Homeless Clinic |
| 4/19 | Information for Doctors and Patients Focus of New Orleans Medical Education Meeting |
| 4/19 | Press Briefing Schedule: ACP Annual Session |
| 4/19 | Annual Convocation |
| 4/19 | Daily Highlights |
| 4/5 | Internists to Screen for Alcohol Misuse On April 8 |
March 2004
| 3/18 | ACP Responds to Internal Medicine Match Results |
| 3/15 | Experience in Public Hospital Inspires Physicians to Write Guide on Breast Health |
| 3/11 | COLA Forms Alliance with American College of Physicians and Medical Laboratory Evaluation Proficiency Testing |
February 2004
| 2/27 | ACP Urges Prompt Senate Confirmation of Mark McClellan, MD, as Administrator of CMS |
| 2/18 | ABIM-ACP Joint CME Project Approved for Pilot Study |
| 2/12 | Media Advisory: ACP Annual Session |
January 2004
| 1/30 | ACP Produces Free Educational Video for Blacks With Type 2 Diabetes |
| 1/15 | ACP Calls for Expansion of Health Insurance, Cut in Red Tape, More Technology Use and Improved Access to Primary Care Physicians — 'State of Nation's Health Care' Report Calls for Comprehensive Approach |



