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Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/02/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Feb 2024
NPs, physicians appear equally likely to prescribe potentially inappropriate medications to seniors
Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physicians prescribed medications not recommended under Beers Criteria at very similar rates: 1.63 versus 1.69 per 100 prescriptions, respectively, a new analysis of Medicare Part D data found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/24/2.htm
24 Oct 2023
Opioid use declined in chronic pain patients with no increase in nonpharmacologic therapy
Surveys from 2020 showed that about 1 in 4 adults with recent chronic pain reported using pharmacologic therapies only, showing a need to increase nonpharmacologic therapy use, according to the study authors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/11/21/1.htm
21 Nov 2023
Routine opioid use disorder screening fails to significantly increase new diagnosis rates
This may be due to the sensitivity of the screening instrument, compounded by the stigma of opioid use disorder; addressing the latter may increase the instrument's sensitivity, the authors suggest.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/17/2.htm
17 Oct 2023
Annals of Internal Medicine launches new website
Annals of Internal Medicine has launched its website on a new digital platform to provide internal medicine specialists and subspecialists with a faster, more personalized Web experience across Annals, ACP Journal Club, In the Clinic, and PubMed, and a new multimedia library.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/19/12.htm
19 Jun 2012
New ACP paper reviews performance measures for osteoporosis
Of the six osteoporosis performance measures relevant to internal medicine physicians, only one is valid at three levels of attribution, i.e., individual physician, group practice, and health plan, an ACP assessment found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/10/6.htm
10 Oct 2023
Register now for ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine's latest forum, ‘Monkeypox: Challenging Clinical Questions'
During the Oct. 11 virtual live event, experts will discuss and provide answers to questions about the human monkeypox virus that physicians are facing today.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/10/04/2.htm
4 Oct 2022
Register now for ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine's COVID-19 Forum X: Current Clinical Challenges in COVID-19 Prevention and Management
During the Sept. 7 virtual live event, a panel of experts will discuss current methods for preventing and managing SARS-CoV-2 infection.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/08/30/4.htm
30 Aug 2022
ACP, Annals of Internal Medicine host ninth forum on COVID-19
A full recording of COVID-19 Forum IX: Management of Patients with Persistent Symptoms after COVID-19 is available for replay online.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/05/31/4.htm
31 May 2022
Register now for ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine's COVID-19 Forum IX: Management of Patients with Persistent Symptoms after COVID-19
During the May 24 virtual live event, a panel of experts will discuss challenges related to the care of patients who have lasting symptoms following acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/05/17/3.htm
17 May 2022