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August’s top internal medicine stories
Healio.com/Internal Medicine presents the month’s top news stories, including emerging eating disorders, compensation in primary care and Maintenance of Certification changes.
ABIM, ACCME collaborate to allow MOC credit from traditional CME
The American Board of Internal Medicine and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education have teamed up to allow physicians to receive MOC credits from traditional continuing medical education courses they have taken. Read more.
Delayed cord clamping in preemies reduces risk of hemorrhage, intubation
Premature infants who remained attached to their umbilical cords for 45 seconds post-birth were significantly less likely to have brain bleeding, need blood transfusions or have respiratory distress. Results demonstrated that infants who received delayed cord clamping were significantly less likely to be intubated in the delivery room, have respiratory distress syndrome or receive red blood cell transfusions within the first week of life, compared with infants who received immediate cord clamping. Read more.
ACO incentives not enough to inspire change in compensation policies
Primary care physicians that worked in accountable care organization practices received higher compensation rates from quality, but not from salary or productivity, where rates were comparable with nonaccountable care organization practices. Read more.
Primary care support may increase weight loss in obese patients
Patients who perceived their primary care physicians as helpful during weight loss interventions were found to achieve greater weight loss. Results demonstrated that patients who rated their PCPs higher in terms of helpfulness during the study period achieved greater weight loss than those who rated their physicians as less helpful (P = .005), according to a press release. Read more.
Extreme use of workout supplements may be emerging eating disorder
Men who regularly take creatine, whey or caffeine boosters for appearance or performance enhancement may qualify as having an eating disorder, according to data presented at the American Psychological Association. Read more.