Search results for "Health equity"
Helping clinicians improve care for sexual, gender minorities
The second edition of “The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health” goes several steps further than its first edition by educating physicians on how to account for a changing cultural landscape.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/04/fenway.htm
1 Apr 2015
Guideline updates treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The guideline included a strong recommendation against the use of warfarin, among other medications.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/21/2.htm
21 Jul 2015
ACP Leadership Academy offers free webinars on leadership topics
An upcoming webinar on “Achieving Health Equity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People” will be led by Harvey J. Makadon, MD, FACP, director of education and training at the National LGBT Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute and clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/08/7.htm
8 Dec 2015
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://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/04/HIPAA.htm
1 Apr 2016
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://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/11/officers.htm
1 Nov 2016
Navigating the improvement activity component of MIPS
The Quality Payment Program created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is not as intimidating as it sounds—at least for 2017, which is a transition year that will determine what internists are paid in 2019.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/02/tips.htm
1 Feb 2017
ACP bridges perspectives within internal medicine
ACP can serve as a virtual agora where the different professional branches can draw from their common root of internal medicine, and bridge differences by providing a space where members can talk through and think through different perspectives while remaining connected to patient care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/05/acp-bridges-perspectives-within-internal-medicine.htm
1 May 2018
Mission and purpose can counter feelings of burnout
ACP's president discusses physician burnout and the College's efforts to address it.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/06/mission-and-purpose-can-counter-feelings-of-burnout.htm
1 Jun 2018
Making a difference in internists' daily work, patients' health
ACP seeks to understand how internists perceive its advocacy and how to best show them more clearly its relevance to their daily lives.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/06/making-a-difference-in-internists-daily-work-patients-health.htm
1 Jun 2018
International Forum focuses on social determinants of health
The discussion at Internal Medicine Meeting 2018 was organized around the nine policy positions highlighted in ACP's recent position paper, “Addressing Social Determinants to Improve Patient Care and Promote Health Equity.”
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/01/international-forum-focuses-on-social-aspects-of-health.htm
1 Jan 2019