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Most popular stories in internal medicine for 2016
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Healio Internal Medicine presents the most read stories to date in 2016, including opioid addiction, immunization guidelines, improving sleep and ABIM assessments.
Physician empathy associated with decreased patient anxiety
When hospitalists responded to patients with empathy, those patients experienced decreases in anxiety and rated their experiences with the hospitalist more positively, according to findings presented at the Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting. Read more.
How primary care physicians can help adults get more sleep
Physicians need to inform their patients about sleep and the importance of making sleep a top health priority, according to the president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Read more.
CDC issues updated immunization schedule for adults
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a CDC group that develops recommendations regarding vaccine use, has published its 2016 immunization schedule for adults aged at least 19 years in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Read more.
ACP, AMA critique CDC guidelines on use of opioids for chronic pain
The ACP and AMA have commended the CDC for the development of the Draft Guideline for the Use of Opioids for Chronic Pain, according to letters from both organizations. Read more.
ABIM launches study of open-book MOC assessments
The ABIM is evaluating whether online resources should be available during maintenance of certification assessments. Read more.
FDA proposes powdered glove ban
The FDA has announced a proposal to ban most powdered gloves in the United States, which would effectively remove them from the marketplace, according to a press release issued by the agency. Read more.
ACP, CDC urge physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics for common respiratory infections
Noting the public health threat of antibiotic resistance, and the role antibiotics play in medication-related adverse events, physicians associated with the ACP and CDC have issued guidelines on the appropriate use of antibiotics for patients who present with respiratory tract infections. Read more.
AMA: Physicians must run toward emergency of opioid epidemic
The AMA has released findings from a national physician survey that show support for policies and recommendations regarding the opioid epidemic in the United States, according to a press release. Read more.