ACP issues ethical guidance on professional duties and principles for responding to physician impairment
Physicians should be rehabilitated and reintegrated into medical practice whenever possible without compromising patient safety
Philadelphia, June 4, 2019 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a position paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine that examines the professional duties and principles that should guide the response of colleagues and the profession to physician impairment.
ACP Says Efforts to Improve Interoperability Must Happen In Stages
Washington, DC (May 31, 2019) – The American College of Physicians (ACP) thanked the Office of the National Coordinator for Health information (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for taking steps to improve interoperability, promote patient access to their health information, address
Physician groups oppose rollback of anti-discrimination protections
Obamacare Protections for Transgenders Proposed To Be Rescinded By Us Healthcare Agency
Internists Alarmed at Decision to Roll Back Rules Prohibiting Discrimination Against Transgender Patients, Women, and Other Vulnerable Patients
Statement attributable to:
Robert McLean, MD, FACP
President, American College of Physicians
Internists Support Bill to Improve Vaccine Rates Across Country
Statement attributable to:
Robert McLean, MD, FACP
President, American College of Physicians
Internists Support Bill Reducing Rate of Cigarette Use Among Youth
Statement attributable to:
Robert McLean, MD, FACP
President, American College of Physicians
Physicians could face life in prison under new Alabama abortion law; doctor groups decry 'political interference'
Physicians could face life in prison under new Alabama abortion law; doctor groups decry 'political interference'
Internists Concerned Recent Legislation Interferes with the Patient-Physician Relationship, Infringes on Patient Autonomy
Statement attributable to:
Robert McLean, MD, FACP
President, American College of Physicians
Washington, DC (May 15, 2019) —The American College of Physicians (ACP) is deeply concerned that policies introduced by state legislatures in recent weeks, including Alabama and Georgia, will significantly infringe on the patient-physician relationship and patient autonomy. ACP firmly rejects any legislation that creates barriers to care and threatens access to health care services for women and their families.