Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Still time to use PQRSwizard to submit your data for 2014
There is still time to report for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) for 2014 using ACP's PQRSwizard.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/25/7.htm
25 Nov 2014
Lupus patient readmission rates are high and vary considerably by hospital, region, study finds
Approximately 1 in 6 hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/12/5.htm
12 Aug 2014
Depression quality improvement program seeks participants
And the winner is …
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/01/25/9.htm
25 Jan 2011
2009-2010 Report of the Executive Vice President available online
Vote for your favorite entry
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/27/7.htm
27 Jul 2010
Diabetes Collaborative Registry provides seamless view of diabetes patients across specialties
The American College of Cardiology, in partnership with the American Diabetes Association, the American College of Physicians, and Joslin Diabetes Center, has launched the Diabetes Collaborative Registry, the first clinical registry aimed at tracking and improving the quality of diabetes and cardiometabolic care across the primary and specialty care continuum.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/17/7.htm
17 Jun 2014
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
And the winner is …
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/08/10.htm
8 Jun 2010
Handling MACRA's advancing care information component
in four reporting categories: quality, improvement activities, cost, and advancing care information (ACI). ... CMS has organizations to provide help to clinicians preparing for the Quality Payment Program, including the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI), the Quality Innovation Network (QIN)-Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), and
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/01/practice.htm
1 Jan 2017
What's new in other College publications
Including expanded online diabetes management offerings and MKSAP updates.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/college.htm
1 Jan 2009
How many are too many for CT scans?
As many as one-third of the 70 million imaging tests ordered during the year may not be needed. Experts attempt to determine whether repeated radiation scanning doses could prove potentially yet unintentionally harmful.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/CT.htm
1 Feb 2011
Guidelines call for depression screening
Guidelines call for internists to screen for depression, but only if they can offer support once they make a diagnosis. Internists who've already achieved this describe how they did so, and how it's benefited their patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/depression.htm
1 Mar 2010