Search results for "Patient Safety"
Age and the rising risk of falling
More than 14 million U.S. adults, one in four of those ages 65 years and older, report falling each year, according to federal data.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/01/age-and-the-rising-risk-of-falling.htm
1 Jan 2025
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
Overreliance on NPs a serious concern
A reader responds to a recent President's Message.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2025/01/letters.htm
1 Jan 2025
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
Bringing patients onto the diagnostic team
Patients and physicians may look at clinical diagnoses, and misdiagnoses, very differently, a recent study found.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/11/bringing-patients-onto-the-diagnostic-team.htm
1 Nov 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
When the doctor will (not) see you now
For many Americans, it is difficult to see a physician for an acute symptom, and almost impossible to get a primary care appointment for routine care in a reasonable amount of time.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/11/when-the-doctor-will-not-see-you-now.htm
1 Nov 2024
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
ACP abstract competitions offer chances to learn, network
The first authors of top-scoring abstracts in each category in the podium competition are invited to give oral presentations at Internal Medicine Meeting 2025; the finalists in the poster competition are invited to compete on site.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/10/acp-abstract-competitions-offer-chances-to-learn-network.htm
1 Oct 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