Internists Encouraged By Focus on Treatment in White House Plan to Address Opioid Crisis
Statement attributable to:
Jack Ende, MD, MACP
President, American College of Physicians
Washington, DC (March 19, 2018) — The American College of Physicians is encouraged by the emphasis on treatment and prevention in the White House’s plan to address the opioid epidemic that was released today. ACP supports policies that help expand treatment and therapy options for individuals and communities facing opioid addiction and other substance use disorders.
Internal medicine residency programs continue to grow but policies needed to ensure patient access to general internists
Philadelphia, March 16, 2018 -- The 2018 Main Residency Match revealed that internal medicine continues to be the largest training specialty, offering over one-quarter (26.2 percent) of all PGY-1 positions in the Match. Internal medicine programs offered 7,542 categorical positions and 374 primary care positions, an increase of 309 categorical positions (4.3 percent) and 33 primary care positions (9.7 percent) from the 2017 Match. Of these positions, 7,733 (97.7 percent) were filled, 3,424 (44.3 percent) by U.S. medical school seniors.
Last call: fall 2018 Board of Governors resolutions
ACP Calls for Reducing Physician Burdens in Red Tape Relief Initiative Roundtable
Washington, DC (March 15, 2018) —Excessive administrative tasks are a diversion of physicians’ time and focus away from patient care, the American College of Physicians (ACP) told a panel of members of Congress this afternoon. Robert M. McLean, MD, FACP, an internist with the Northeast Medical Group of Yale New Haven Health System in New Haven, Ct. presented ACP’s ideas for how to address the burdensome administrative tasks physicians face to the first Red Tape Relief Initiative roundtable, convened by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee.
Gun laws stopped mass shootings in Australia: new research
Nation’s largest annual gathering of internal medicine doctors meets in New Orleans
Dr. Karen DeSalvo, former Acting Assistant Secretary for Health at U.S. HHS and former Health Commissioner for New Orleans, is keynote speaker at Internal Medicine Meeting 2018
ACP's Advocacy on Medicaid Waiver, Short-term Insurance Plans and Firearms Violence
ACP Reaffirms Calls to Congress for Policies to Reduce Rate of Firearms Violence
Washington, DC (March 7, 2018) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) today sent letters urging Congress to take immediate action to reduce the rate of firearms violence in the U.S.
ACP recommends moderate blood sugar control targets for most patients with type 2 diabetes
Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 – Patients with type 2 diabetes should be treated to achieve an A1C between 7 percent and 8 percent rather than 6.5 percent to 7 percent, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in an evidence-based guidance statement published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
An A1C test measures a person’s average blood sugar level over the past two or three months. An A1C of 6.5 percent indicates diabetes.
ACP Calls for Continued Action in Fighting Opioid Crisis After Encouraging White House Summit
Washington, DC (March 1, 2018) —The American College of Physicians (ACP) is encouraged by the Trump administration’s demonstrated willingness to address the opioid epidemic through prevention, treatment and recovery. The College appreciates being invited to today’s White House Opioid Summit to learn more about the Administration’s progress in combating the opioid crisis and their plans moving forward.