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Mailing fecal immunochemical tests to patients due for colorectal cancer screening increased screening uptake
Compared with usual care clinics, intervention clinics had a significantly higher adjusted clinic-level proportion of participants who completed a mailed fecal immunochemical test, and more participants at intervention clinics than usual care clinics completed any colorectal cancer screening.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/14/4.htm
14 Aug 2018
Managing DOACs in primary care
Primary care physicians play a crucial role in ongoing anticoagulation management, including educating patients about the signs of venous thromboembolism.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/04/managing-doacs-in-primary-care.htm
1 Apr 2022
Call for spring 2021 Board of Governors resolutions
The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the spring 2021 meeting is Oct. 9, 2020.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/04/6.htm
4 Aug 2020
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
Vote for your favorite entry
ACP Internist Weekly's cartoon caption contest continues. Readers can vote for their favorite caption to determine the winner.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/03/7.htm
3 Nov 2020
Being deliberate about spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Physicians all use diagnostic criteria when trying to determine a patient's condition, but it's important to remember the patients in whom those diagnostic criteria have been validated.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/02/being-deliberate-about-spontaneous-bacterial-peritonitis.htm
1 Feb 2023
And the winner is …
ACP Internist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/10/6.htm
10 Nov 2020
Call for fall 2020 Board of Governors resolutions
The deadline for submitting new resolutions to be heard at the fall 2020 Board of Governors meeting is March 27, 2020.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/28/6.htm
28 Jan 2020
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/01/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Jan 2020
Newer antidepressants not necessarily safest for older people
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are associated with an increased risk of several severe adverse outcomes in older people compared with older tricyclic antidepressants, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/09/1.htm
9 Aug 2011