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Clinician education, feedback led to fewer inappropriate antibiotics for respiratory tract infections

A stepped-wedge cluster randomized study in 31 primary care practices found that the proportion of visits with an antibiotic prescription decreased from 35.2% to 23.0% after an intervention involving clinician education and monthly peer comparison feedback.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/13/5.htm
13 Jul 2021

Physician training increased shared decision making at subsequent visits in elderly patients

A U.S. trial found that elderly patients whose physicians had taken a two-hour online course in communication skills were more likely to have had screening discussions focused on shared decision making during a primary care visit.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/08/16/5.htm
16 Aug 2022

Apply for ACP's physician leadership certificate program

Participants who complete 49.5 hours of online coursework, group discussions, and a capstone project in either hospital medicine or primary care will receive a Certificate in Physician Leadership.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/05/17/6.htm
17 May 2022

Manage symptoms of menopause

As a clinical diagnosis with several effective treatments, genitourinary syndrome of menopause falls within the internal medicine physician's broad domain.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/manage-symptoms-of-menopause.htm
1 Jul 2023

Portal-based population health screening appears effective for depression

Patients who received emails inviting them to complete an online screener via a patient portal were more likely to be screened for depression and had a higher rate of positive screens than those who received usual care, a single-center study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/09/27/2.htm
27 Sep 2022

Managing ENT problems in primary care

The most common ear, nose, and throat conditions of sinusitis, hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus can be evaluated and treated in the primary care office, but the internist must take care to work through the wide range of symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/managing-ent-problems-in-primary-care.htm
1 Nov 2017

Intervention for opioids appeared to reduce use, with no impact on pain

A trial in the U.K. randomly assigned patients with chronic noncancer pain to receive a group-based educational intervention or usual care and measured effects on opioid use and perceived pain at 12 months.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/05/30/2.htm
30 May 2023

Some newer diabetes drugs may help decrease risk of COPD exacerbation

A cohort study in the United Kingdom found that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations were less common in patients with type 2 diabetes and COPD taking glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists or sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors versus sulfonylureas.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/08/4.htm
8 Nov 2022

FAQs available for Primary Care Incentive Payment program

CMS has developed a new page of frequently asked questions about the new Primary Care Incentive Payment program (PCIP).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/06/9.htm
6 Dec 2011

Primary care pay increased in 2009; subspecialties were mixed

Primary care pay increased in 2009; subspecialties were mixedACGME recommends restricting first-years to 16 duty hours per day
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/1.htm
29 Jun 2010

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