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Self-testing, self-dosage for anticoagulation safe, suitable option for some patients, study indicates
Self-testing and self-dosage of oral anticoagulation may be safe and suitable for patients of all ages with suitable health care support as backup, according to a meta-analysis.
Osteoporosis screening strategies shown to be generally equal, effective
Several strategies to screen postmenopausal women for osteoporosis are about equally effective, and screening from ages 55 to 80 years was cost-effective, concluded the authors of a modeling study.
MKSAP Quiz: 3-month history of cervical lymphadenopathy
This week's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 42-year-old woman with progressive cervical lymphadenopathy, fatigue, night sweats, bilateral lower-extremity and abdominal wall edema, and weight gain.
Rule appears to improves diagnostic accuracy for new heart failure
Researchers developed a new rule for diagnosing heart failure, based on a study of primary care patients suspected of having the disease.
Antibiotics reduced dyspepsia symptoms for some primary care patients
Antibiotic treatment of Helicobacter pylori reduced symptoms of functional dyspepsia for some primary care patients, a new study found.
Two-thirds of adverse drug event hospitalizations in elderly linked to four drugs
Just four drugs were involved in more than two-thirds of the hospitalizations of older patients for adverse drug events from 2007 through 2009, a new analysis found.
Medicare adds coverage for obesity screening
Last week CMS announced the addition of obesity screening to Medicare coverage for preventive services.
Medicare extends re-validation period
Medicare recently announced an extension of the deadline for physicians to re-submit their enrollment information by two years, to March 2015.
FAQs available for Primary Care Incentive Payment program
CMS has developed a new page of frequently asked questions about the new Primary Care Incentive Payment program (PCIP).
New guidance from ACP on eRx in 2012
New information about the Medicare Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program for 2012 is now available on the Running a Practice section of the College website.
College Fellow named Surgeon General of the Navy
Matthew L. Nathan, MC, USN, FACP, has been named the next Surgeon General of the Navy.
Fred Ralston Jr., MACP, blogs at KevinMD.com
Fred Ralston Jr., MD, MACP, ACP's immediate past president and a practicing internist in Fayetteville, Tenn., discusses challenges facing smaller practices at KevinMD.com.
Put words in our mouth
ACP InternistWeekly wants readers to create captions for our new cartoon and help choose the winner. Pen the winning caption and win a $50 gift certificate good toward any ACP product, program or service.