Search results for "From the College"
New recommendations offer ethical guidance for social media
Social media developments require physicians to consider how to best protect patient interests and apply principles of professionalism to online settings, ACP and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) said last week in a new policy paper, “Online Medical Professionalism: Patient and Public Relationships.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/17/5.htm
17 Apr 2013
ACP unveils tools to improve acute coronary syndrome care
ACP last week unveiled two evidence-based interventions and two videos to improve the health outcomes of patients in the first year after an initial acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event, such as heart attack and unstable angina, the most common ACS indications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/17/6.htm
17 Apr 2013
Join ACP's online discussion groups for members
ACP members are invited to participate in ACP's Special Interest Groups, a private online community that allows members to share experiences, questions and creative solutions with like-minded physicians at their own convenience.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/01/7.htm
1 May 2013
Join ACP's online discussion groups for members
ACP members are invited to participate in ACP's Special Interest Groups, a private online community that allows members to share experiences, questions and creative solutions with like-minded physicians at their own convenience.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/22/6.htm
22 May 2013
The Consult Guys video series delivers laughs and CME credits
Annals of Internal Medicine is offering physicians an opportunity to laugh while they learn with The Consult Guys, a monthly video series that features two prominent physicians who use humor to address and solve clinical problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/18/5.htm
18 Sep 2013
Share your story or recommend a mentor or colleague
Each month, in ACP's Medical Student Member newsletter IMpact, the My Kind of Medicine article features the career of an internal medicine specialist or subspecialist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/05/7.htm
5 Feb 2014
New rule gives patients access to lab test reports
Under a new rule issued last week by the Department of Health and Human Services, patients will have the right to access their medical lab reports directly from the lab that performed the testing, without having to go through the physician who ordered the test.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/6.htm
12 Feb 2014
ACP launches care coordination toolkit to improve communication between primary care, subspecialists
ACP has unveiled a High Value Care Coordination Toolkit designed to enable more effective and patient-centered communication between primary care and subspecialist doctors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/5.htm
16 Apr 2014
ACP offers recommendations for reducing gun-related injuries and deaths in the U.S.
A new ACP policy paper offers 9 strategies to address the societal, health care, and regulatory barriers to reducing firearms-related violence, injuries and deaths in the United States. “Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States” appeared online April 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/6.htm
16 Apr 2014
Internists release policy paper on medical liability crisis
ACP released a policy paper on the medical liability crisis, which continues to have a profound effect on the medical system. “Medical Liability Reform—Innovative Solutions for a New Health Care System” provides an update of the medical liability landscape as well as state-based activity on medical liability reform and summarizes traditional and newer reform proposals and their ability to affect system efficiency and encourage patient safety.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/7.htm
16 Apr 2014