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28 Nov 2007, 7:45 am
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued clinical recommendations for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). [read post]
8 Sep 2020, 1:00 am by Edward Smith
Musculoskeletal Pain Treatment Reviewed Last month two physician groups, The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), released updated guidelines for addressing acute musculoskeletal pain. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 5:00 am
The status epilepticus guideline is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American Epilepsy Society. [read post]
6 Jul 2011, 5:01 am by James Edward Maule
Thanks to a posting by my colleague Lou Sirico on the Legal Skills Prof Blog, I found my way to an Austin-American Statesman article describing plans at the University of Texas to cut the total number of years required to complete college and medical school from eight to seven. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 8:17 am by Kevin S. Little
The American College of Physicians (ACP) recently released an informative policy position paper that assesses how “concierge” and similar direct pay health care arrangements between doctors and patients impact patient care. [read post]
26 Jun 2011, 3:38 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
Every two weeks, the American College of Chest Physicians issues a PCCSU (Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Update). [read post]
13 Oct 2007, 2:27 pm
Despite much effort to educate the public to the warning signs of stroke, a new study released by the American College of Emergency Physicians concludes that the elderly either fail to recognize the signs of an impending stroke or fail to follow up with immediate emergency care. [read post]
30 Aug 2021, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Now, the complaint (full text) in American College of Pediatricians v. [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 5:31 am
Some suggestions for reforming the economics behind emergency medicine make sense, like this one from the American College of Emergency Physicians: Some health insurance plans deny claims for legitimate emergency departments visits, based on a patient's final diagnosis, rather than the presenting symptoms (e.g., when chest pain turns out not to be a heart attack). [read post]
17 Nov 2011, 2:50 am by Bob Kraft
" Similar misgivings emerged in a study presented by Cleveland Clinic Foundation researchers at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) that ended this week. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 12:28 pm by Tom Smith
In 2005, while attending Deep Springs College — a rigorous two-year institution in the California desert where pupils take part in such activities as harvesting alfalfa fields and laying gopher traps — a student magazine wrote that Eldridge would “soon become an American to pursue a political career in this country. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 10:24 am
Excitable bloggers like us ought to calm down, because it’s not as if official crackdowns on the dispensing of freebies ever generate absurd results: Docblogger White Coat just snapped that picture at the scientific assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians. [read post]
28 Mar 2010, 3:08 pm by Jason Greis
  In response to this change, the American College of Radiology recently issued a statement strongly opposing these cuts, suggesting that they would shift necessary imaging care to large hospitals, increase the cost to Medicare of appropriate imaging, reduce accessibility and cause potentially life threatening delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 7:20 am
Opening Argument - Max Kennerly  A 2006 American College of Surgeons report[1] concluded, "the single most important factor shaping the [emergency] surgical workforce today is declining reimbursement," a euphemism for cutthroat health insurer tactics. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 6:43 pm by Holly Hayes
Virginia Hood, president-elect of the American College of Physicians and professor of medicine at The University of Vermont School of Medicine. [read post]
3 Feb 2025, 6:36 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
For example, the American College of Emergency Physicians states that a missed diagnosis rate of 1 to 2% of acceptable. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 1:36 pm
To return to "board eligible" status, the candidate must complete an additional year of training in a department with an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited diagnostic radiology or radiation oncology residency program. [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 8:00 am by Robert Kreisman
The change by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) replaced Friedman’s curve with new labor standards. [read post]