Search results for "Practice patterns"
Many hospitalists don't perform individual 'core competencies' in a given year
Many hospitalists don't perform individual 'core competencies' in a given year
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/16/6.htm
16 Mar 2010
Working to bridge medicine's stubborn gender wage gap
Women now outnumber men in U.S. medical schools, but after training, they can expect to earn significantly less.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/09/working-to-bridge-medicines-stubborn-gender-wage-gap.htm
1 Sep 2022
Higher aspirin dose no more effective for CV prevention in high-risk patients with diabetes
A subgroup analysis of a randomized trial found that patients with diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease had similar outcomes whether they took 81 mg or 325 mg of aspirin daily.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/09/26/2.htm
26 Sep 2023
AI predictive models shown to be potentially unreliable over time in clinical settings
A simulation study based on ICU data found that using artificial intelligence (AI) to try to improve predictions of acute kidney injury and mortality could actually impair existing models' performance.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/10/4.htm
10 Oct 2023
Most elderly women with early-stage breast cancer still undergo radiation after surgery
Nearly two-thirds of women 70 years or older with early-stage breast cancer continue to receive radiation treatment, even though a large, randomized clinical trial from 2004 showed that it did not reduce recurrence or prolong survival, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/09/5.htm
9 Dec 2014
Depression quality improvement program seeks participants
Depression quality improvement program seeks participants
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/01/25/9.htm
25 Jan 2011
New ACPNet project on low back pain
New ACPNet project on low back pain
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/02/13.htm
2 Feb 2010
Physicians, advanced practice clinicians may order similar amounts of low-value care for certain conditions, study finds
Advanced practice clinicians were not significantly more likely than physicians to order antibiotics, CT/MRI, or radiography, or to refer patients to other physicians for upper respiratory infections, back pain, or headache.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/21/2.htm
21 Jun 2016
Depression quality improvement program seeks participants
Depression quality improvement program seeks participants
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/07/11.htm
7 Dec 2010
Depression quality improvement program seeks participants
Depression quality improvement program seeks participants
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/21/10.htm
21 Dec 2010