Search results for "Chronic pain"
Caring for veterans outside the VA system
About three-fourths of nearly 22 million veterans get some or all of their outpatient medical treatment outside the VA health system, creating a need for identifying these patients in a practice and screening for potential physical and mental symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/caring-for-veterans-outside-the-va-system.htm
1 Jul 2017
Reducing the risks of opioid management
Patients with known drug-seeking behavior can be managed by establishing and closely following office procedures.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/06/tips.htm
1 Jun 2013
Education program for prescribing opioids now available
ACP and its curriculum partner Pri-Med have launched “SAFE Opioid Prescribing,” an online training program to educate clinicians about safety and efficacy when prescribing opioids.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/23/6.htm
23 Jul 2013
Selecting a sickle cell therapy
An expert reviewed the available drugs for patients with sickle cell disease and offered advice on how to use them.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/06/selecting-a-sickle-cell-therapy.htm
1 Jun 2021
Mindful Medicine: Don't let emotion impede right diagnosis
A case study shows how affective errors can lead to a missed diagnosis, by Jerome Groopman, FACP and Pamela Hartzband, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/mindful.htm
1 Sep 2008
ACP receives grant on safety when prescribing opioids
ACP and its curriculum partner, Pri-Med, have been awarded an educational grant from a company to develop and implement a training program that educates clinicians about safety and efficacy when prescribing opioids.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/12/8.htm
12 Mar 2013
The next issue is online and coming to your mailbox
The next issue of ACP Internist is online and coming to your mailbox.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/03/7.htm
3 May 2011
Take time to ease the pain of elderly patients
Assessing and managing pain can be complicated in elderly patients. Learn which tools work, which tools don't, and how to optimize treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/pain.htm
1 Jul 2013
New workshops, clinical skills sessions are on tap
A listing of clinical skills courses at the Herbert S. Waxman Clinical Skills Center.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/03/learning.htm
1 Mar 2009
IOM links Gulf War service to several illnesses
MKSAP Quiz: worsening dysmenorrhea with pain
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/13/2.htm
13 Apr 2010