Search results for "Patient Safety"
Coadministration of antidepressants, certain opioids linked to adverse events in nursing home patients
Older nursing home patients who received both CYP2D6-metabolized opioids and CYP2D6-inhibiting antidepressants were at higher risk for worsening pain, pain-related hospitalization, pain-related ED visits, and opioid use disorder in a recent study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/07/23/1.htm
23 Jul 2024
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, I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/01/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Jan 2024
Enter ACP's abstract competitions for a chance to showcase your work
Categories include basic or clinical research, clinical vignette, high-value care, physician well-being and professional fulfillment, and quality improvement/patient safety, and the deadline to submit an abstract is Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/11/07/5.htm
7 Nov 2023
Remove stigma from licensure, credentialing applications
Applications often include vague questions about applicants' mental health diagnoses and treatment history, such as whether an applicant has ever received treatment for a mental health condition that could impair their ability to practice medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/remove-stigma-from-licensure-credentialing-applications.htm
1 May 2024
Serious adverse events frequent in outpatient care, review finds
Seven percent of outpatients experienced at least one adverse event, with drug events being the most common (63.8%), followed by health care-associated infections (14.8%) and surgical or procedural events (14.2%), according to an analysis of Massachusetts clinics.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/05/07/1.htm
7 May 2024
ACP, New York chapter to collaborate to improve patient safety
ACP announced collaboration this month with the New York ACP chapter to extend New York's medical Near Miss Registry into a national patient safety reporting and professional educational program.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/26/9.htm
26 Jun 2012
Use caution with colchicine's many drug interactions
A coauthor of “The Top 100 Drug Interactions” offers advice for improved management of colchicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/use-caution-with-colchicines-many-drug-interactions.htm
1 Sep 2023
ACP releases updated case modules on high-value care
The modules feature two to three brief cases that can be completed in under an hour and help internal medicine physicians enhance their clinical skills and deliver patient-centered, cost-effective care.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/10/31/6.htm
31 Oct 2023
3 ways to improve workplace culture
Three high-yield strategies apply to health care when creating a thriving work environment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/06/3-ways-to-improve-workplace-culture.htm
1 Jun 2023
CME credits available in patient safety supplement
A supplement to the March 5 Annals of Internal Medicine, which offers 11 CME credits, focuses on a recent Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–funded project, “Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/05/7.htm
5 Mar 2013