Drug overdose deaths, particularly from opioids such as prescription pain relievers and heroin, is a rising epidemic
San Diego, March 30, 2017 -- Internists from the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) offered recommendations to prevent and treat substance use disorders today at Internal Medicine Meeting 2017, ACP’s annual scientific meeting.
March 30, 2017
Attributable to:
Nitin S. Damle, MD, MS, MACP
President, Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½
San Diego, March 30, 2017 -- The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) convened a panel today to discuss what ACP is doing to reduce the administrative burdens facing physicians in health care and how excessive administrative tasks negatively impact physician wellness and patient care. The panel took place during a press briefing at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2017.
San Diego, March 30, 2017 -- The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) today launched a new tool to help members prepare for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The is a web-based tool that will assess practice readiness.
Summaries of the Year’s Most Important Studies Affecting the Practice of Internal Medicine are Available at
Philadelphia, March 29, 2017 -- Annals of Internal Medicine and the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) will honor Gustaf Edgren, MD, PhD, and John N. Mafi, MD, MPH, with Junior Investigator Recognition Awards at , ACP’s annual scientific meeting in San Diego from March 30-April 1.
Washington (March 28, 2017) President Trump’s executive order on climate change will have a devastating impact on public health, said the Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) today. President Trump signed an executive order directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to roll back the major ways that the U.S. is combatting air pollution.
Internists say substance use disorders related to illicit and prescription drugs, including opioids, are chronic medical conditions treatable through public and individual health interventions
