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https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/25/8.htm
25 May 2010
ACP Chapter meetings coming up
Attend a fall chapter meeting, earn CME credit, and find out what your local ACP Chapters have to offer. View the Chapter calendar or visit the Chapters and Regions page to find out more about local activities.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/31/10.htm
31 Aug 2010
Annual PSA follow-ups not needed in low-risk cases
Medicare expands tobacco cessation coverage
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/31/5.htm
31 Aug 2010
Guidelines getting tougher on industry, but physicians are not
A survey of physicians found that respondents were comfortable with industry-sponsored lunches and other gifts, despite their institutions' prohibition against such practices. One physician discusses how to align medicine's ethical goals with physicians' attitudes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/industry.htm
1 Oct 2010
Expressive writing could help erase irritable bowel syndrome
A pilot study may have found a new use for an established treatment. Expressive writing, used for other illnesses with a known psychological component, is now being studied to control the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/expressive.htm
1 Oct 2010
Health care reform, PCMHs forge a new path for primary care
A new focus by health care reform advocates on the patient-centered medical home will forge a path toward financing and delivering primary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2010
Prominent speakers addressed Board of Governors at fall meeting
The September meeting of the ACP Board of Governors featured Don Berwick, MD, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, who spoke about health care and delivery system reform. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed the Governors through a video message and introduced Dr. Berwick. David Blumenthal, FACP, MPP, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, also spoke to the Governors about fostering the meaningful use of electronic health records.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/19/13.htm
19 Oct 2010
Sibutramine pulled from the market
ACP Members receive QuantiaMD Community Choice AwardsNew ACP Online medical students pageProminent speakers addressed Board of Governors at fall meetingLatest issue of ACP International newsletter online
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/19/8.htm
19 Oct 2010
Letters to the Editor
Readers take issue with recent coverage of health care reform, a profile on Cuba's health care system, and the promise that electronic health records may (or may not) have in the practice of medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/11/letters.htm
1 Nov 2010
Know the patient to achieve statin benefits
That statins work is without question. And with costs falling due to many drugs in the class going generic, physicians are now refining when to prescribe the ubiquitous drug class based on the degree of risk.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/11/statin.htm
1 Nov 2010