Physician Day on the Hill with the Iowa Medical Society! Let’s support our Iowa Physicians and patients!

Our Iowa Chapter of ACP has had a busy (and amazing!) couple of days! Here are a few pics from our Council meeting!

Thank you, DMU, for inviting me today! It was so great to meet you and see your amazing campus!

Our ACP group met with Senator Grassley and Representative Miller-Meeks while in DC! Thank you to our ACP members for advocating for Iowa patients and physicians!

Thank you to those who took time out of their busy schedules to advocate for our patients and physicians of Iowa!

We were so excited to be able to support a great group of physicians, residents, and med students from Iowa at ACP Leadership Day 2025!

ACP gathering in Burlington, Iowa! So happy to see our great members from across the state!!

Thanks to all who came out to the ACP social in Iowa City tonight! Sorry we missed some of you in the photo!

Read about how poor communication is involved in almost a quarter of patient safety incidents at l8r.it/ysly

Des Moines! Don't forget to join us at Big Grove Brewery on May 8th for a social hour with Iowa ACP. Members & non-members welcome to join! 🔗l8r.it/Joz5

Iowa City! Don't forget to join us at Big Grove Brewery on May 6th for a social hour with Iowa ACP. Members & non-members welcome to join! 🔗l8r.it/tGxy

A small EHR change, big impact: Setting a 90-day statin default reduced disparities for patients who are Black, on Medicaid, or in low-income areas. Read more: l8r.it/YbAx #HealthEquity #PhysicianLeadership #InternalMedicine

SAVE THE DATE! The 2026 Internal Medicine Meeting will be held in April 16-18 will be in San Francisco, California. Early Bird registration is already open! 🔗 l8r.it/bhTk

As a critical first step, practices and systems should gather data on the frequency and type of each alert or message and actions taken in response to them. 🔗 Learn more: l8r.it/xH4w

The expert clinical consensus from the National Lipid Association and the American Geriatrics Society offered advice on risk assessment and initiating, monitoring, intensifying, and deprescribing statins, among other topics. 🔗 Read more at l8r.it/aT2u

An industry-funded randomized trial found that switching to tirzepatide after inadequate response to dulaglutide led to significant additional reductions in HbA1c levels and weight at 40 weeks compared with increasing the dulaglutide dose. 🔗Read more: l8r.it/2OR6

As HIV increasingly transforms into a chronic condition, internal medicine physicians can focus more on reducing cardiovascular conditions and other age-related diseases. 🔗 Read more: l8r.it/BcU7

April 28 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work! Let’s raise awareness, prevent work-related injuries, and build a culture where every workplace is safe and healthy. 💼⚠️ #SafetyAndHealthAtWork

National Drug Take Back Day is a biannual event by the DEA, providing a safe way to dispose of unused or expired medications. Temporary collection sites are set up nationwide. Visit the DEA website for details on locations and dates.