Search results for "Access to care"
Updated guidance released on ART for HIV
The International Antiviral Society-USA Panel's 2024 recommendations cover when to start antiretroviral therapy (ART), which regimens to choose, and when to switch regimens, among other topics.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/12/10/1.htm
10 Dec 2024
Breaking barriers in PAD treatment
Medical societies released an updated guideline for the management of lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) that includes preventive medical therapy and the latest thinking on effective screening, diagnosis, treatment, and risk management strategies.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/breaking-barriers-in-pad-treatment.htm
1 Oct 2024
ACP offers ways to support equity for LGBTQ+ health care
ACP is gravely concerned about political interference in the practice of medicine for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual or gender minority (LGBTQ+) populations.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/06/25/5.htm
25 Jun 2024
Déjà vu all over again for American health care?
The last decade has seen an upsurge in the numbers of “nonphysician providers” or “advanced practice professionals” who are increasingly being placed by health systems to fill gaps in access to care and lower the burden on individual physicians.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/deja-vu-all-over-again-for-american-health-care.htm
1 Oct 2024
ACP remains committed to securing patient access to care
ACP's president rebuts a recent opinion piece disparaging the College's advocacy on the issue of access to care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/02/presidents.htm
1 Feb 2014
New ACP paper addresses ethical concepts related to health as a human right
The paper reflects the College's position that recognizing health as a human right and supporting the patient–physician relationship and health systems that promote access to care will lead to a stronger U.S. health care system.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/31/5.htm
31 Oct 2023
Making strides to stamp out HCV
While there's a goal of eliminating viral hepatitis globally by 2030, reports indicate a disproportionately high rate of infection and death in the United States among medically underserved populations.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/making-strides-to-stamp-out-hcv.htm
1 May 2024
ACP calls for policies to protect reproductive health care
New recommendations in a policy brief oppose government restrictions that would erode equitable access to reproductive health care services, including family planning, sexual health information, the full range of medically accepted forms of contraception, and abortion.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/02/28/2.htm
28 Feb 2023
Profits before patients: Private equity and commodification
Health care system consolidation and market- and profit-driven motivation have become at odds with the realities of health care, where market forces do not perfectly align with the product line.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/07/profits-before-patients-private-equity-and-commodification.htm
1 Jul 2024
New ACP obesity initiative focused on advancing equitable obesity care
A new comprehensive webpage features links to resources in ACP's Obesity Management Learning Hub and a collection of Annals of Internal Medicine obesity-related articles and content.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/06/06/5.htm
6 Jun 2023