Search results for "Ethics"
Debunking HIPAA myths in the digital age
Twenty years of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act have not led physicians to full understanding of how to implement it in their offices. Four commons myths can be addressed more easily than is commonly thought.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2016/04/HIPAA.htm
1 Apr 2016
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2021/02/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Feb 2021
ACP supports Saudi physicians upholding medical ethics
The American College of Physicians and Physicians for Human Rights sent a letter to the Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia in support for Saudi physicians and hospitals who have refused to intentionally inflict a spinal cord injury in retribution for an alleged attack that resulted in another person's paralysis. “Consistent with the principle of nonmaleficence,” the letter states, “in medical ethics—to do no harm—we are confident that the use of medical facilities, procedures and personnel to maim human beings is, under all circumstances including the punishment of convicted criminals, abhorrent to physicians everywhere.”
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/10.htm
14 Sep 2010
ACP signs on to ethics code for interactions with companies
ACP signed on to the Code for Interactions with Companies, released April 21 by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS). The code guides medical societies in developing policies and procedures that safeguard the independence and transparency of their programs, policies and advocacy positions in relationships with industry.
https://acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/04/11.htm
4 May 2010
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination candidates for Officer and Regent positions.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2016/11/officers.htm
1 Nov 2016
War dilemmas put medical ethics under fire
Physicians debate challenges posed by war on terror and caring for enemy detainees at Guantanamo.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2008/07/ethics.htm
1 Jul 2008
Those lost
A physician recounts colleagues she lost to physician suicide in her seven-year career as an attending hospitalist physician.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2019/09/those-lost.htm
1 Sep 2019
3 Cs: Corporatization, consolidation, commodification
Current trends in health care emphasize the importance of our continued advocacy efforts for our patients and our profession.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/03/3-cs-corporatization-consolidation-commodification.htm
1 Mar 2022
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2023/01/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Jan 2023
Rethinking advance care planning
While more physicians are reporting having conversations about advance care planning with their patients, it's still far from common.
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2022/05/rethinking-advance-care-planning.htm
1 May 2022