Search results for "Cardiovascular Disease"
Setting goals to improve quality under MIPS
Five principles frequently define successful individual and organizational goal-setting and achievement. They can be applied as physicians convert to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, which will have a dramatic impact on future Medicare reimbursements.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/03/policy.htm
1 Mar 2017
Untreated white-coat hypertension associated with increased cardiovascular and mortality risk
An accompanying editorial suggested that out-of-office blood pressure monitoring be used to distinguish between white-coat hypertension and sustained hypertension in patients with high blood pressure measurements in the office.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/11/1.htm
11 Jun 2019
AHA releases scientific statement on acute MI in women
Differences in clinical presentation affect the timely identification, testing, and management of ischemic symptoms, leading to misdiagnosis, delayed revascularization, and higher acute myocardial infarction mortality rates.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/02/2.htm
2 Feb 2016
Cardiac rehab uptake remains low, despite benefits
Estimates from the American Heart Association suggest that only about 20% to 30% of eligible patients ever receive the intervention.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/cardiac-rehab-uptake-remains-low-despite-benefits.htm
1 Mar 2022
Success with STIs causes complacency
Progress made in combating HIV has caused people to feel a greater sense of security around sex and less worry about bacterial sexually transmitted infections.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/04/success-with-stis-causes-complacency.htm
1 Apr 2020
What works well for weight loss
Nutrition and weight loss have become crucial issues to internists. Learn how one specialist manages her patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/06/obesity.htm
1 Jun 2017
Increased stroke risk may be associated with oral estrogen, but not transdermal forms
Up to 3,000 strokes per year per million hormone therapy users could be avoided by encouraging them to change from oral to transdermal estrogens and from synthetic progestins to micronized progesterone, the study concluded.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/14/5.htm
14 Jun 2016
Statins often not prescribed in younger patients with dyslipidemia, study finds
Patients who had at least one indication for statin therapy were analyzed according to the following groups: LDL cholesterol level of at least 190 mg/dL, diabetes and LDL cholesterol level above 70 mg/dL, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/01/10/2.htm
10 Jan 2017
Taking a weight off diabetes care
Not only is the focus on weight not beneficial to diabetes patients, it can cause other health consequences such as weight cycling and eating disorders.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/taking-a-weight-off-diabetes-care.htm
1 Sep 2020
Pressing forward with primary prevention for CVD
This issue includes stories on managing cardiovascular disease, prescribing benzodiazepines, and diagnosing depression in the elderly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/02/pressing-forward-with-primary-prevention-for-cvd.htm
1 Feb 2022