Advocacy in Action
Persevere Along the Trail of Your Advocacy Journey
By Shari M. Erickson, MPH, for I.M. Matters
ACP members took to the Capitol for Leadership Day to address reducing administrative burden, compensating physicians for the value of care they provide, and supporting programs that strengthen the physician workforce.
Internal Medicine's Role in Abortion Care
By Stacey Butterfield for I.M. Matters
Primary care internal medicine physicians explained to Internal Medicine Meeting 2024 attendees how they can help patients understand their options with an unintended pregnancy.
ACP Advocate
ACP Advocate is a biweekly e-newsletter that provides ACP members with news about public policy issues affecting internal medicine and patient care.
ACP's Chapter Advocacy Toolkit
If you would like to work with your chapter to advocate for regulatory relief, please visit this toolkit for more resources and calls to action.
WBCs, partner with your ACP chapter leaders to:
(Please note: only Chapter Leaders/Regents/Governors can access these links)
- Request a with ACP State Health Policy staff to develop or enhance your advocacy activities and strategies.
- Collaborate with ACP National on a to facilitate your chapter members contacting elected officials regarding a public policy issue in your state.
- Check what ACP is following in your state for key health policy topics.
- Use ACP's new for any chapter lobbying or other advocacy.
ACP Patients Before Paperwork Initiative
Patients Before Paperwork is an ACP initiative designed to reinvigorate the patient–physician relationship by challenging unnecessary practice burdens. To help the Patients Before Paperwork Initiative, with our online data-collection tool and contact the Patients Before Paperwork team directly at policy-regs@acponline.org.
Back to the September 20, 2024 issue of ACP IM Thriving