Search results for "Falls"
Call for fall 2010 Board of Governors resolutions
The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the fall 2010 Board of Governors Meeting is March 23, 2010. In initiating a resolution, ACP members have an opportunity to focus attention at the ACP national level on a particular issue or topic that concerns them. Members must submit resolutions to their Governor and/or chapter council. A resolution becomes a resolution of the chapter once the chapter council approves it.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/23/12.htm
23 Feb 2010
Anemia drugs require risk management
America's health care in state of decline, says ACP at annual briefingACP's Steven Weinberger, FACP, blogs at KevinMDCall for fall 2010 Board of Governors resolutions
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/23/7.htm
23 Feb 2010
MKSAP Quiz: dyspnea, chest tightness in an adolescent athlete
Scoring system predicts risk for hospital readmission
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/23/4.htm
23 Mar 2010
Genomics will aid primary care, with primary care's help
Genomics expert W. Gregory Feero, MD, PhD, interviews Eric Green, MD, PhD, the new director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, about the changing interface between genomics and medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/genomics.htm
1 Apr 2010
Seeing the whole diagnostic picture
For a year, one patient saw specialist after specialist and received a different diagnosis each time. Like the story of the blind men and the elephant, specialists often see the patient through only one component of training, as anchoring and availability sneak into their thinking.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/mindful.htm
1 Apr 2010
Chapter awardees for January-March 2010
Chapters honor Members, Fellows, and Masters of ACP who have demonstrated by their example and conduct an abiding commitment to excellence in medical care, education, research, or service to their community, their chapter, and ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/awards.htm
1 Apr 2010
Getting to quality and safety by ‘degrees'
Programs in quality and patient safety initiatives have come to the fore as graduate-level degrees, adding prestige to a new body of knowledge that has emerged in the past decade.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/quality.htm
1 May 2010
With EHRs or paper, outpatient practices can improve safety
The idea is evolving that improving transitions of care from hospital to outpatient settings reduces readmissions. From medication lists to tracking labs to missed referrals that delay diagnosis, an expert in the field considers it all.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/safety.htm
1 May 2010
High-dose vitamin D may make falls, fractures more likely
Physician cost profiling systems frequently come to different results
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/18/4.htm
18 May 2010
MKSAP Quiz: 3-week history of pain and swelling of right knee
High-dose vitamin D may make falls, fractures more likely
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/18/3.htm
18 May 2010