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STFM, AAFP Offer Online HIPAA Resources for Students, Preceptors
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, or STFM, in collaboration with the AAFP, has developed resource materials on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, rules for medical and premedical students and others who are invited to shadow family physicians in their offices.
STFM, AAFP Offer Online HIPAA Resources for Students, Preceptors
The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, or STFM, in collaboration with the AAFP, has developed resource materials on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, rules for medical and premedical students and others who are invited to shadow family physicians in their offices.
NFID Initiative Aims to 'S.T.O.P. Meningitis!'
With the start of a new academic year looming, physicians who administer school physicals and wellness checkups for 11- and 12-year-olds should be aware of free resources from S.T.O.P. (Share. Teach. Outreach. Protect.) Meningitis! -- an initiative of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, or NFID.
NFID Initiative Aims to 'S.T.O.P. Meningitis!'
With the start of a new academic year looming, physicians who administer school physicals and wellness checkups for 11- and 12-year-olds should be aware of free resources from S.T.O.P. (Share. Teach. Outreach. Protect.) Meningitis! -- an initiative of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, or NFID.
Primary Care Initiatives Help Save State Medicaid Program Millions
By incorporating concepts from two complementary programs that emphasize patient-centered primary care and chronic disease management to reduce costs and improve the quality of care, the Illinois state Medicaid program was able to save a total of $500 million in fiscal years 2008 and 2009. That's according to Margaret Kirkegaard, M.D., M.P.H., of Downers Grove, Ill., a family physician and medical director of Illinois Health Connect, or IHC, which runs the Medicaid medical home program.
Primary Care Initiatives Help Save State Medicaid Program Millions
By incorporating concepts from two complementary programs that emphasize patient-centered primary care and chronic disease management to reduce costs and improve the quality of care, the Illinois state Medicaid program was able to save a total of $500 million in fiscal years 2008 and 2009. That's according to Margaret Kirkegaard, M.D., M.P.H., of Downers Grove, Ill., a family physician and medical director of Illinois Health Connect, or IHC, which runs the Medicaid medical home program.
News Briefs: Week of July 19-23
This roundup includes the following news briefs: FDA Looking at ARBs, Cancer Link; FDA Sets Requirements for Infusion Pump Recall; and ACCME Releases Annual Report on CME Enterprise.
News Briefs: Week of July 19-23
This roundup includes the following news briefs: FDA Looking at ARBs, Cancer Link; FDA Sets Requirements for Infusion Pump Recall; and ACCME Releases Annual Report on CME Enterprise.
AAMC Report Offers Guidelines for Managing Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Care
The Association of American Medical Colleges, or AAMC, is urging U.S. teaching hospitals to establish policies to manage financial relationships between physicians and industry to avoid any potential influence on patient care. The organization also says specialty societies and professional medical associations have a responsibility to be free of conflicts of interest because of their role in providing CME and developing clinical practice guidelines.
AAMC Report Offers Guidelines for Managing Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Care
The Association of American Medical Colleges, or AAMC, is urging U.S. teaching hospitals to establish policies to manage financial relationships between physicians and industry to avoid any potential influence on patient care. The organization also says specialty societies and professional medical associations have a responsibility to be free of conflicts of interest because of their role in providing CME and developing clinical practice guidelines.
Study Finds Consumers Need Education Regarding Evidence-based Care
A study in the July issue of Health Affairs indicates that many consumers may be skeptical about the benefits of health care that uses an evidence-based approach -- which is the approach that forms part of the basis of recent efforts to reform the U.S. health care system overall.
Study Finds Consumers Need Education Regarding Evidence-based Care
A study in the July issue of Health Affairs indicates that many consumers may be skeptical about the benefits of health care that uses an evidence-based approach -- which is the approach that forms part of the basis of recent efforts to reform the U.S. health care system overall.
ABFM Announces Further Enhancements to MC-FP
2010 can be considered a banner year for the American Board of Family Medicine, or ABFM, for at least two reasons. First, this year marks the completion of the staged, seven-year transition of all ABFM diplomates into the new recertification paradigm, Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians, or MC-FP. And second, the ABFM just announced it will introduce some major changes to MC-FP beginning next year.
ABFM Announces Further Enhancements to MC-FP
2010 can be considered a banner year for the American Board of Family Medicine, or ABFM, for at least two reasons. First, this year marks the completion of the staged, seven-year transition of all ABFM diplomates into the new recertification paradigm, Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians, or MC-FP. And second, the ABFM just announced it will introduce some major changes to MC-FP beginning next year.
CMS Creates Online Resources to Assist Physicians
CMS is aiming to quell confusion in the physician community surrounding new Medicare enrollment requirements that are embedded in the recently passed health care reform legislation by offering physicians targeted guidance to help them through the process.
CMS Creates Online Resources to Assist Physicians
CMS is aiming to quell confusion in the physician community surrounding new Medicare enrollment requirements that are embedded in the recently passed health care reform legislation by offering physicians targeted guidance to help them through the process.
Check Out Free CMS/ONC Audio Conference on July 22 for EHR Answers
Family physicians who have questions about the recently issued final rules that define and support "meaningful use" of electronic health records, or EHRs, can listen in from 2-3:30 p.m. EDT on July 22, when CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, or ONC, will host a free online audio training conference on the topic.
Check Out Free CMS/ONC Audio Conference on July 22 for EHR Answers
Family physicians who have questions about the recently issued final rules that define and support "meaningful use" of electronic health records, or EHRs, can listen in from 2-3:30 p.m. EDT on July 22, when CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, or ONC, will host a free online audio training conference on the topic.
FDA Committees Critical of Avandia
A plurality of members of two committees that advise the FDA on medications has voted to recommend that the agency remove rosiglitazone, which is marketed as Avandia, from the market because the diabetes drug has been linked to an increased risk for cardiovascular events.
FDA Committees Critical of Avandia
A plurality of members of two committees that advise the FDA on medications has voted to recommend that the agency remove rosiglitazone, which is marketed as Avandia, from the market because the diabetes drug has been linked to an increased risk for cardiovascular events.
