Search results for "Practice patterns"
Depression quality improvement program seeks participants
Physicians are invited to participate in ACP's new quality improvement program on depression.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/21/10.htm
21 Dec 2010
New ACPNet project on low back pain
ACP has introduced a new program in its ACPNet series, one of ACP's most long-lasting and popular online practice and quality improvement programs.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/02/13.htm
2 Feb 2010
Medicare cuts raised chemotherapy treatments, changed drug choices
MKSAP Quiz: Daily, nonproductive cough without hemoptysis
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/22/2.htm
22 Jun 2010
Drug company information might influence prescribing habits
Warnings added to prostate cancer drugs
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/26/6.htm
26 Oct 2010
ACP programs provide best practices to ensure the best care
A number of quality improvement programs available from the College can help.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/president.htm
1 Jan 2009
Study suggests use of ultrasound criteria may reduce unnecessary thyroid biopsies
Certain characteristics of thyroid nodules, obtainable by ultrasound, could be used to predict the risk of thyroid cancer and reduce unnecessary biopsies, according to a recent study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/10/2.htm
10 Sep 2013
Hospitals vary widely in adhering to aspirin guidelines
There was a 25-fold variation in the proportion of U.S. hospitals that adhered to guidelines about prescribing high-dose aspirin at discharge, with some hospitals discharging fewer than 10% of patients on high-dose aspirin and other hospitals discharging 100% of patients on the regimen, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/19/5.htm
19 Aug 2014
Helping patients handle information overload
Finding out why a patient is concerned about health care news can be an opening for a larger discussion about health goals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/01/helping-patients-handle-information-overload.htm
1 Jan 2018
What's new in other College publications
ACP Hospitalist, ACP mobile content, ACP Press, and ACP QI programs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/highlights.htm
1 Nov 2008
Medicare prescribers use twice as many brand-name drugs as VA
Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes take many more brand-name drugs than similar patients treated in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system, adding as much as $1 billion per year to health care costs, a recent study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/11/1.htm
11 Jun 2013