ACR Rheumatology Clinical Registry Now Available!
The ACR has developed an online clinical data management tool to help rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals comply with increased quality reporting requirements and improve the care they provide to patients. Click here to learn more about the RCR.
Your Medical Image Could Make You a Winner!
Call for Submissions for the 2009 Annual Slide Competition opened on June 2.
Show us what you’ve got! Submit your best medical images for a chance to win. The deadline for submission is Friday, September 4, 2009.
ACR Response to Conflict of Interest Report
The ACR in collaboration with five other medical specialty societies issued a joint statement response to the recent IOM report, Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education and Practice.
Read the joint statement: Medical Professional Society Relationships with Industry: A Joint Statement – Statement to the Media.
Pediatric Rheumatology Residents Program at the ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting
The Section on Pediatric Rheumatology of the American College of Rheumatology is again proud to offer the Pediatric Rheumatology Residents Program at the ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting. Nominations are now being accepted online.
Two Sessions Left in the 2009 Rheumatology Audioconference/Webcast Series
Here’s what’s coming: July 14: Positive Antinuclear Antibodies, RFs and CCPs: What Does it Mean?; and December 10: Medicare Updates: Where Do We Stand?
»Read More about these two sessions and past sessions now available online
»Register Online Now!
Looking for NP and PA Postgraduate Training in Rheumatology?
Explore the NP and PA Postgraduate Rheumatology Training Program to discover how this online training program will lead to less on-the-job training and more rapid high-quality incorporation of NPs, PAs, and other clinicians into rheumatology practices or academic training settings. Read more about the program and register today!
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Rheumatology AMA Delegates Hear President Obama Speak
President Barack Obama addressed the American Medical Association yesterday and spoke on the urgency for health care reform. As a member of the AMA’s House of Delegates, ACR AMA Delegate, Gary Bryant, MD, and Alternate Delegate, Eileen Moynihan, MD, witnessed this historic speech live in Chicago.
President Obama addressed a number of important issues, which will be on the table in health care reform discussions. The president and Congress are committed to creating comprehensive health care reform this year and to having House and Senate bills passed by the August recess.
ACR Comments on the Senate Finance Committee’s Second Paper Addressing Health Care Reform
The Senate Finance Committee has released three White Papers addressing various aspects of health care reform. The second paper entitled: Expanding Health Care Coverage: Proposals to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans was released May 14. The ACR submitted comments to the Senate Finance Committee on May 26.
ACR SessionSelect Delivers Educational Content, Online – Access Sessions Today!
SessionSelect is the ACR’s newest online resource that allows users the flexibility to connect and view a library of recorded educational presentations and scientific discoveries presented at some of the ACR/ARHP conferences and professional meetings. Click here to learn more.
Funding Opportunities Offered by the ACR Research and Education Foundation
Call for Applications for REF Core Awards and Grants announced.
We invite you to apply for a REF award or grant. The deadline to apply is 4:00 PM ET on August 3, 2009.
Welcome New Members!
The College would like to welcome its newly elected members. Click here to see the complete listing.
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