Search results for "Documentation"
Longer shifts proposed for first-year residents
A task force of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has removed the current requirement limiting first-year residents to 16 hours on shift, and has proposed limiting the shift to 24 hours on-task plus 4 hours to manage transitions of care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/22/5.htm
22 Nov 2016
Daily low-dose aspirin associated with falls in healthy older people
A substudy of a randomized controlled trial found no improvement in risk for first fracture but a higher risk for serious falls in healthy patients ages 70 years and older taking 100 mg of aspirin per day versus those who were not.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/15/1.htm
15 Nov 2022
CMS revises rules for E/M documentation, hospital discharges
This year's Current Procedural Terminology code changes are significant for internal medicine. Learn how to code for E/M services, hospital discharges and interprofessional consultations.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/01/coding.htm
1 Jan 2014
Warfarin-aspirin therapy associated with increased bleeding compared with warfarin only
Patients with atrial fibrillation or venous thromboembolism who received aspirin without a clear therapeutic indication in addition to warfarin had higher rates of bleeding and similar rates of thrombosis.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/12/2.htm
12 Mar 2019
Know your home oxygen options
Physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists may be unfamiliar with home oxygen equipment that differs from hospital equipment. Six questions can help clinicians choose the best options for a patient.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/know-your-home-oxygen-options.htm
1 Oct 2020
Primary care physicians missing out on reimbursement for preventive services
Physicians provided reimbursable prevention and coordination services to 5.0% to 60.6% of Medicare patients but billed for a much smaller fraction, ranging from less than 1% for alcohol misuse or obesity counseling to 35.8% for wellness visits, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/06/28/1.htm
28 Jun 2022
Rethinking advance care planning
While more physicians are reporting having conversations about advance care planning with their patients, it's still far from common.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/05/rethinking-advance-care-planning.htm
1 May 2022
Hyaluronic acid injections for knee arthritis ineffective, surgery for meniscal tears noninferior to PT, studies find
A meta-analysis found no significant change in pain and more adverse events with viscosupplementation for osteoarthritis of the knee compared to placebo, while another study offered longer-term evidence that surgery was no better than physical therapy (PT) for degenerative meniscal tears.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/07/12/1.htm
12 Jul 2022
Hypertension performance measure ‘flawed’
While ACP's Performance Measurement Committee considers the Controlling High Blood Pressure measure to be “high impact,” it determined after review in July 2021 that it does not support the measure due to uncertain validity.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/04/hypertension-performance-measure-flawed.htm
1 Apr 2022
Peers offer welcome, ongoing support
In recent years, hospitals and other medical groups have begun to embrace peer support programs as more informal pathways for physicians to get help with burnout and related issues.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/peers-offer-welcome-ongoing-support.htm
1 Jan 2021