ACP Workforce Summit: Internal Medicine for the Future of Health Care

Physician workforce changes, technology advances, and economic pressures are creating an imperative to embrace a new future for health care that will more efficiently use the expertise of internal medicine specialists and subspecialists. The ACP Workforce Summit is designed to inspire and energize this change in the medical community.

The workforce challenges:

There is a rising demand for highly skilled general internal medicine physicians, especially among an aging population with complex chronic conditions.
Very few internal medicine-trained residents stay in ambulatory primary care, preferring a subspecialty or hospital medicine career.
Physician shortages are widespread in both general internal medicine and the subspecialties, making it harder for patients to access the care they need.

The opportunities for change:

New models of care can improve efficiency, increase collaboration between primary care physicians and subspecialists, and reduce clinician burnout.
Payment model reform, new technologies and other solutions are emerging to help address administrative burdens that drive young physicians away from internal medicine.
At the ACP Workforce Summit, we’ll explore a wide range of innovations and consider how the medical community can break down barriers to widespread adoption of innovations that are demonstrating measurable success.

Organized by the American College of Physicians, the ACP Council of Subspecialty Societies and Jefferson Health System, this event is designed to catalyze the work of 25 medical professional societies towards establishing optimal use of the IM workforce. The summit will convene a diverse group of healthcare professionals, policymakers, advocacy groups, and thought leaders to learn, discuss, and identify opportunities to evolve Internal Medicine for the Future of Health Care.

Workforce Summit Agenda

8:30-9:00	Breakfast
9:00-9:15	Welcome Comments
9:15-9:45	Keynote Address: Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH Executive Director of Ariadne Labs, a health systems innovation center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Establishing a vision for the future of healthcare delivery that employs successful models of care which respond to workforce dynamics and patient needs.
9:45-10:15	Recap of data review Panel: Michael Dill, Director of Workforce Studies at AAMC Susan Read, Vice President of Research at ACP
10:15-10:30	Break
10:30-12:10	Quick Hits Presentations – Examples of Successful Workforce Innovations (order is TBD) Primary Care in an integrated health system Primary Care ACOs and technology Payer perspectives on primary care Team-based subspecialty care to extend capacity and collaborate with Primary Care Project Echo model for subspecialty care
12:15-1:15	Lunch Presentation: Achieving the promises of payment model reform
1:15-1:30	Break and re-convene
1:30-2:50	Quick Hits presentations, continued Post-acute care coordination IM Workforce pipeline – Community Health Center training programs IM Workforce pipeline innovations Technology to reduce admin burdens
2:50-3:00	Break
3:00-3:45	Discussion groups: Thinking about the innovations in practice organization, realignment of the roles of generalists and subspecialists, and technology enablement: What are the barriers to widescale adoption? What can medical societies do to help break down these barriers? Who do they need to influence and collaborate with?
3:45-4:30	Recap, reactions and next steps

Event and Hotel Booking Information

Date: May 15, 2026
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Registration Deadline: March 31, 2026 (attendance is limited)
Meeting Location: Thomas Jefferson University Alumni Hall, 1020 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Hotel Information: Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia, 433 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
- Hotel Booking: ACP IM Workforce May 2026
- Hotel Booking Instructions via Phone: 1-800-KIMPTON, group code: AW1
- Hotel reservations must be completed by March 31st to guarantee a room

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