1. ACP Update Central America Chapter meeting Molly Cooke, MD FACP FRCP-E President, ACP February 7, 2014

2. American College of Physicians 2013 - 14 1.Educational initiatives 2.Care delivery and physician support 3.Advocacy and legislative positions 4.Strength of the College

3. Educational Initiatives 1.High value care 2.ACP Smart Medicine 3.Maintenance of certification

4. From Reinhardt blog, NY Times, 12/24/2010

5. smartmedicine.acponline.org Introducing Clinical Decision Support Tool & FREE Benefit of ACP Membership

6.  Only support tool developed for internal medicine physicians by a non-profit professional association  Mobile-Optimized access – Screen display automatically adapts to the size and orientation of the user’s device.  Integrated links to –  Annals of Internal Medicine  ACP JournalWise  High Value Care Recommendations  Clinical Guidelines  Earn Free point-of-care CME smartmedicine.acponline.org

7. Smart Format  Bulleted design provide essential information at the point-of-care  “Plus” sign (+) opens detailed information for more in-depth review  Evidence-based recommendations are graded based on the strength of the evidence  Embedded links provide the full text of supporting documents smartmedicine.acponline.org

8. Care Delivery and Physician Support Initiatives 1.Reducing administrative burden 2.Physician practice timeline 3.PCMH and PCM-Neighborhood

9. Reducing administrative burdens 1.Problem definition 2.Member survey 3.Advocacy with payers 4.Support and tools for members

10. Physician and practice timeline

11. Templated referral for lupus

13. Advocacy and legislative priorities 1.SGR 2.Sequester 3.Policy papers in development – Firearms – Liability reform

16. Strength of the College 1.Membership 2.Leadership: staff and governance 3.Digital services 4.International collaboration

17. International Expansion 14 th ACP International Chapter established in Colombia, South America Collaborations with Philippine College of Physicians, European Federation of Internal Medicine Looking to build membership in India