Search results for "Health research"
Democrats overplay their hand on health care policy
The newly elected Democratic majority that took charge of Congress last January promised an ambitious health care agenda.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/02/washington.htm
1 Feb 2008
Studies show limited evidence for vitamin D
Studies show limited evidence for vitamin D Lower pay drives doctors to cut hours Successful strategies found for refusing antidepressant requests
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/02/1.htm
2 Mar 2010
College Fellow chosen as New York's next health commissioner
Nirav R. Shah, FACP, has been chosen by New York Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo to be the state's next health commissioner, the Associated Press recently reported.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/01/11/11.htm
11 Jan 2011
Sequestration's cutbacks could cause patients serious harm
As sequestration's impact on health care looms, physicians must tell members of Congress reach a bipartisan agreement with the president to reduce spending on less effective and lower-priority programs, increase funding for more important and more effective programs, and further trim health care spending by focusing on unnecessary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/05/washington.htm
1 May 2013
E-cigarettes facilitated quitting as well as patches
Electronic cigarettes, both with and without nicotine, helped smokers quit about as well as nicotine patches did, a recent New Zealand study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/17/5.htm
17 Sep 2013
C. difficile difficult for outpatient physicians and patients, too
The majority of Clostridium difficile patients come from outside the hospital setting.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/10/c-diff.htm
1 Oct 2013
Transitioning from health care to a broader domain of services
Clinicians and the organizations in which they practice are moving beyond episode-based health care delivery and into the communities in which they exist, delivering services that would normally seem outside the scope of medical practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/09/residents.htm
1 Sep 2014
Survey about primary care and the elderly bereaved
ACP is making available to its members a survey sponsored by the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/16/7.htm
16 Dec 2014
Clinicians needed for survey on transitional care services
An ongoing research study at the University of Pennsylvania seeks to learn from clinicians or clinical leaders who are primarily responsible for transitional care services in health systems and communities throughout the United States.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/16/6.htm
16 Dec 2014
Study examines patients' perspectives on direct-to-consumer genetic tests
An editorial concluded that deceptive marketing messages by genomic testing companies create unrealistic expectations about the health benefits of at-home genetic tests.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/01/1.htm
1 Mar 2016