ACP has formed strategic partnerships with several organizations to help tackle a wide variety of issues important to the College.
ACP is part of a coalition of more than 40 health care and patient advocacy organizations to improve the quality of medical diagnosis. ACT for Better Diagnosis, an initiative of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, aims to improve the diagnostic process by calling on organizations to identify and spread practical steps to better ensure diagnoses are Accurate, Communicated, and Timely.
ACP is a collaborating organization with the American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine (AFFIRM), a nonprofit organization of health care professionals and researchers working to provide funding for research to answer important questions related to firearm injury and its prevention.
ACP is among the dozens of organizations and companies that have joined the AMR Challenge, the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), an effort led by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
An initiative of the ABIM Foundation, Choosing Wisely is focused on encouraging physicians, patients and other health care stakeholders to think and talk about medical tests and procedures that may be unnecessary, and in some instances may cause harm.
Dynamed® is collaborating with ACP to provide ACP members with free access to its upgraded, enhanced decision-support platform, DynaMedex™. A powerful point-of-care tool, DynaMedex seamlessly combines the clinical expertise and extensive curated disease content of DynaMed with the comprehensive drug information and advanced search capabilities of Micromedex®. Learn More
The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health brings together 22 medical associations representing approximately 550,000 clinical practitioners. There are also 29 public health and science- based affiliates representing a million and a half members. ACP is a founding member of the Consortium.
Heart disease and stroke are an epidemic in the United States and ACP has partnered with the Million Hearts Campaign, a national initiative that aims to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes over five years. Learn More
The PCC is dedicated to advancing an effective and efficient health system built on a strong foundation of primary care and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH).
ACP is a partner with the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) on #ProudtobeGIM, a nationwide campaign to introduce medical students and PGY 1-2 residents to the field of general internal medicine.
ACP is supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) national tobacco education campaign, Tips from Former Smokers and its smoking cessation program, "Talk with Your Doctor." The goal of "Talk with Your Doctor" is to motivate smokers to work with their physicians to develop a plan to quit smoking and to encourage doctors to use the CDC's "Tips" to start a dialogue with patients who use tobacco.