ACP Pressroom - Press Release Archive

June 2009

6/30/2009	IOM Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Releases Recommendations for Health Care Priorities and Funding

6/25/2009	ACP Supports Broad Goals of House "Tri-Committee" Proposed Health Reform Legislation

6/18/2009	Call for Primary Care Reform from American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, and American Osteopathic Association

May 2009

5/20/2009	American College of Physicians Endorses Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009

5/4/2009	How to Turn Conflict Into Collaboration When Patients and Physicians Disagree

April 2009

4/28/2009	ACP Enters eBook Arena

4/28/2009	Guidelines for Medical Home Demonstrations Released by Major Physician Groups

4/24/2009	Comprehensive Payment Reform and Solutions to Challenges Facing Primary Care Addressed in Policy Papers by Internists

4/24/2009	Christine Laine, MD, MPH, FACP Named Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine

4/23/2009	Harold C. Sox: Internal Medicine 2009 Keynote Address

4/23/2009	American College of Physicians Launches Free Web-based Resource to Improve COPD Care

4/23/2009	Harold Sox to Retire as Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine

4/23/2009	Only 10 Seconds to Care” by Dr. Wendy S. Harpham Helps Heal Clinician-Patient Bonds

4/21/2009	ACP Releases New Resource to Help Patients Managing High Blood Pressure

4/20/2009	Past Medical Research Still Relevant to Modern Practice

4/7/2009	Two New Studies Suggest an Intensive Disease Management Approach to Smoking Cessation

4/2/2009	From the Ethics of Dr. Frankenstein to Preventing Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine 2009 Provides Plentiful Story Opportunities for Journalists

4/1/2009	ACP Announces Expanded List of Vendors For EHR Partners Program

March 2009

3/31/2009	Eighty-two Years of Annals of Internal Medicine Now Available Online

3/27/2009	Leaders of Major National Organizations Collaborate on Approaches to Health Reform

3/24/2009	U.S. Experiencing Primary Care Shortage ‘Likes of Which We Have Not Seen’

3/19/2009	Residency Match Results Demonstrate Need to Address National Primary Care Workforce Goals

3/18/2009	Medicine's Small Business Practices Should be Supported By Federal Budget, Committee on Small Business Told

3/12/2009	Harold Sox Named Chair of IOM Panel on Comparative Effectiveness

3/12/2009	New National Education Program Available for Internal Medicine Physicians

3/5/2009	Internists Participate in White House Summit on Health Care

3/3/2009	Patient-Physician “Connectedness” Affects Quality of Care

February 2009

2/17/2009	Internists Issue Policy Statements on Critical Role of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners in Improving Access to Care

2/17/2009	Study Looks at Reliability of Compendia Methods for Off-Label Uses of Cancer Drugs

2/17/2009	Telephone Support for Lifestyle Changes May Help Obese Patients on Medication Lose More Weight

2/11/2009	Internists Commend House and Senate for Including "Down Payment" on Health Care Reform in Economic Stimulus Legislation

2/2/2009	State of America's Health Care is Poor