ACR 2015™ Highlights How Imaging Fits Into Next Generation Healthcare
Radiology professionals attending ACR 2015™ can learn how the evolution to "personalized and precision medicine" will affect radiology. The May 19 Moreton Lecture, presented by James H. Thrall, MD, FACR, will:
Outline progression of medical practice from intuitive medicine to evidence-based medicine to precision medicine
Identify key elements of precision medicine including precision imaging technology, precision communication, precision utilization and genomic precision
Explain the contributions that radiologists can make in the era of precision medicine
“Attendees will leave the Moreton Lecture...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
ACR 2015™ Attendees to Learn How Clinical Research Can Advance Patient Care and Their Practice
Radiology professionals attending ACR 2015™ clinical research sessions will learn how to participate in clinical trials, generate new revenue streams, and demonstrate value in new health care delivery and payment systems.
“ACR 2015 will help prepare radiology professionals to accurately budget and staff to leverage clinical research opportunities, record and report results, and implement practice quality improvement to deliver next-generation health care,” said Cheri Canon, MD, FACR, chair of the ACR 2015 Program Committee.
ACR 2015 Clinical Research Sessions Include:
Developing a New Revenu...
Source: American College of Radiology - November 18, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
5 things every modern medical practice needs
Medical practices are complex, and there’s no golden rule for achieving the perfect care setting. But physicians can take certain measures to ensure their practices are prepared for evolving technology, increased patient demands and shifting payment models, Bruce Bagley, MD, told a group of physicians at the 2015 AMA Interim Meeting. Here are five things every practice will need to thrive.
Dr. Bagley said practices that wish to survive rapid changes in health care and cultivate successful transformation will take these actions:
1. Develop and adapt organizational models that can grow with your practice. Physicians ...
Source: AMA Wire - November 17, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
What to expect of the new single GME accreditation system
The development of a single accreditation system for graduate medical education (GME) is well underway, and physician leaders expect its full implementation in July 2020. Learn how the unified system should benefit the medical community.
Better alignment in GME
For the last two years, leaders of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and American Osteopathic Association (AOA) have made institutional changes—such as electing new members from the AOA and American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine to join the ACGME’s board of directors—that will allow all GME programs to succe...
Source: AMA Wire - November 15, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lyndra Vassar Source Type: news
AMA Academic Physicians Section: 2015 Interim Meeting highlights
AMA policy review, educational sessions and networking opportunities with academic physician colleagues were part of the 2015 Interim Meeting of the Academic Physicians Section (AMA-APS) in Atlanta.
Meeting participants—comprising deans and faculty from a wide range of medical schools, graduate medical education programs, and academic health systems nationwide—voiced their opinions and reached decisions on recommendations for several reports and resolutions to be acted upon by delegates at the Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates (HOD).
Issues covered included graduate medical education funding, access to ...
Source: AMA Wire - November 15, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
Get a crash course about CME credit systems at this special session
Are you new to the continuing medical education (CME) profession and attending the 41st annual conference of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEhp)? Learn about credit systems that help physicians advance their careers through lifelong learning during a session hosted by the AMA, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
The session takes place Jan. 14 during ACEhp’s annual conference, to be held Jan. 13-16 in the Washington, D.C. area.
The world of CME credit can be difficult to navigate, which is why this session will help CME b...
Source: AMA Wire - November 6, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lyndra Vassar Source Type: news
AMA members take on new med ed leadership roles
These AMA members were recently appointed by external organizations to leadership positions. These individuals were nominated by the AMA to the respective organizations. Each organization made the final appointment decision from among the candidates it received:
Colleen K. Cagno, MD, Tucson, Arizona, has been appointed to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Review Committee (ACGME) Review Committee for Family Medicine, effective July 2016. Dr. Cagno has been an AMA member for 2 years.
Gregory R.D. Evans, MD, Tustin, California, has been appointed to the ACGME for Plastic Surgery, effective Ju...
Source: AMA Wire - November 5, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lyndra Vassar Source Type: news
How to free up more than 1.5 hours in your work day
Preparing the necessary clinical information for a patient visit is time-consuming—and for physicians, time is precious. Leveraging the skills and training of practice staff can cut down on the amount of time you need to dedicate to patient rooming and discharge, allowing you more time for direct patient care. Learn how.
Why you should expand your protocols for rooming and discharge
With expanded rooming and discharge protocols, nurses, medical assistants and other clinical support staff are able to fully use their skills to create a smooth visit for the patient and a satisfying clinic session for the entire team. Cr...
Source: AMA Wire - October 28, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news
6 steps to ensure patients don’t miss chronic or preventive care
Panel management, or population health management, equips physicians and their teams with techniques to monitor their patient populations so they can provide necessary preventive and chronic care to all patients, regardless of their visit frequency.
“Population health management, I think, is best used to identify opportunities and then you know where to put your efforts to develop different policies, or different patient flows or different visit frequencies to close those gaps and provide better care,” said Wisconsin internal medicine physician Richard Fossen, MD.
“Maybe it’s a provider who has a large diabe...
Source: AMA Wire - October 26, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: amamod Source Type: news
Return the service: How you can keep veterans healthy
More than a year after news first surfaced that veterans weren’t getting timely access to care within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, it’s clear that more needs to be done to meet these patients’ needs. In honor of Veterans Day, Joining Forces Wellness Week will take place Nov. 9-13, giving physicians an important opportunity to serve the men and women who have served our country.
Understanding unique health needs
Joining Forces Wellness Week, cosponsored by the AMA and 10 other health care organizations, will offer five webinars that give insight into how health care professional...
Source: AMA Wire - October 23, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
8 reasons patients don’t take their medications
Medication nonadherence—when patients don’t take their medications as prescribed—is unfortunately fairly common, especially among patients with chronic disease. Learn eight reasons why patients don’t take their medications and ways your team can help identify and improve patients’ adherence to their medications.
Patients can be reluctant to tell you that they don’t take their medicines. If you don’t have a true picture of a patient’s medication-taking behavior, you may needlessly escalate his or her treatment, resulting in potential harm to the patient, unnecessary work for the practice and increased cost...
Source: AMA Wire - October 16, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Physicians teach their secrets to success
Physicians are busy. Finding time to develop new ways to improve practice efficiency takes away from time spent with patients, which is constantly being pruned by requirements and regulations. With tight schedules and time constraints, where do physicians go to share solutions and learn about their peers’ secrets to practice success?
The AMA’s STEPS Forward website offers interactive educational modules that help physicians address practice challenges using proven solutions other physicians have developed and implemented in their own practices. The Practice Innovation Challenge, offered in partnership by the AMA and ...
Source: AMA Wire - October 12, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
How to strengthen your practice’s team culture
You diagnose a patient before you determine treatment, but have you ever diagnosed your practice’s team culture? The way your practice works and what your team members value can determine your practice’s success—or failure—in the ever-changing health care environment.
Your practice culture is the set of underlying rules and beliefs, usually unrecognized, that determine how everyone in your practice interacts with each other and with patients. New team members gradually absorb the practice’s culture without being taught and often without noticing.
Successful team cultures have integrated teams that learn conti...
Source: AMA Wire - October 9, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
How to make your practice run smoothly with effective team meetings
Physicians and their teams can save time by working together to improve their work flows. Learn easy ways to implement regularly scheduled team meetings to increase communication within your care team and work like a well-oiled machine.
Physicians and their practice teams may recognize that they aren’t working efficiently and that there may be a better way to organize their work, but they need the time and focus to fix processes.
Fortunately, regularly scheduled meetings can help. They provide a forum to solve problems and develop stronger bonds between team members, both of which ultimately result in better patient ...
Source: AMA Wire - October 9, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
AMA urges hitting Stage 3 pause button
The American Medical Association and 41 medical societies today urged the government to hit the pause button on Stage 3 meaningful use, the final stage of the program.
The missive from AMA follows a call for a delay Thursday from Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, or HELP. Alexander proposed postponing Stage 3 until Jan. 1, 2017.
Meaningful Use
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Source: Healthcare IT News - September 18, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Bernie Monegain Tags: Online Only CM/Continuing Medical Education Electronic Health Records Interoperability Meaningful Use Policy and Legislation Source Type: news
