Tag Archive for ‘advocacy’
Securing the future of surgery requires the vision and voice of young ACS members: An introduction
This article underscores the importance of surgeon advocacy and suggests looking to younger surgeons’ commitment to this work for inspiration.
It’s not enough: A call to action for surgeon advocates
The Secretary for RAS-ACS’ Executive Committee describes how she became an active participant in ACS advocacy efforts and provides examples of recent ACS-led policy-related accomplishments.
How the San Diego-Imperial Chapter maintained surgical health policy advocacy in the era of COVID-19
Summarizes the efforts of an ACS chapter to organize a virtual advocacy meeting with a California state senator and other stakeholders.
2019 Advocate of the Year offers tips for effective advocacy
Dr. Cavanagh, the 2019 SurgeonsVoice Advocate of the Year, describes why she became a surgeon-advocate and offers guidelines for others interested in getting involved in the advocacy process.
The CoC: Ensuring quality cancer care and a commitment to advocacy for cancer research and prevention
The development of the CoC and its focus on improving cancer patient care is described, as are the state-level and federal legislative CoC advocacy efforts.
2019 Leadership & Advocacy Summit: Ascending
to the C-suite and identifying health policy priorities
This article summarizes the highlights of the annual Leadership & Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC.
Advocacy in action: Bariatric and metabolic surgery
The efforts to improve patient access to quality metabolic surgical care through advocacy-related initiatives are described.
The autonomy crisis: A call to action for resident advocacy
Describes the surgeon’s role in advocacy-related efforts to enhance autonomy and summarizes regulations affecting medical training, including work-hour and billing restrictions.
2018 Leadership & Advocacy Summit focuses on strategic thinking and key health policy issues
This article summarizes the highlights of the annual Leadership & Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC.
ACS Leadership & Advocacy Summit: A resident’s perspective
Lessons learned at the 2018 Leadership & Advocacy Summit are summarized in this resident’s report.
Dateline: DC—July 2018
This month’s column looks at the ACS’ and the Commission on Cancer’s cancer-related advocacy priorities, including pediatric cancer research, colorectal cancer screening, and quality of life improvement.
Get out the vote: Make a difference on issues of critical concern to surgery
Candidates and incumbents supported by the ACS Professional Association’s political action committee are the focus of this article, which also summarizes the College’s pre-election education resources.
YFA Advocacy and Issues Workgroup Essay Contest: Weather the storm
The following essay is the winner of the YFA Advocacy & Issues Workgroup essay contest. This year’s contest focused on how young surgeons are achieving their personal best working within organized medicine by advocating to state and federal government officials for the safety and well-being of the surgical patient and/or for the surgeon.
YFA Advocacy and Issues Workgroup Essay Contest: Achieving our personal best through advocacy
The following essay is the winner of the YFA Advocacy & Issues Workgroup essay contest, which was on the topic of how they are achieving their personal best as a young surgeon working within organized medicine by advocating to state and federal government officials for the safety and well-being of the surgical patient and/or for the surgeon.
Expired and expiring ACA provisions
This month’s column summarizes provisions in the Affordable Care Act that have expired or are set to expire in the near future and offers guidelines for surgeons to advocate for extending key programs.
