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Matthew Press, MD: How Penn Medicine’s CoCM Model Helps PCPs Treat Mental Health—and Avoid Burnout
April 15th 2025
ACP 2025: Dr Press discusses how the Penn Integrated Care model equips primary care physicians to manage mental health conditions more effectively while reducing burnout.
CRC Screening Outreach Significantly Reduces Black-White Disparities, Including CRC Mortality Gap
April 15th 2025
ACP 2025: Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS, reviewed data from a Kaiser Permanente program that narrowed racial and ethnic disparities in CRC screening compliance and related deaths.
Rethinking Lung Cancer Screening: Expanding Access for Women, Nonsmokers
April 14th 2025
ACP 2025: Lung cancer is rising among nonsmokers, especially women. Kim Sandler, MD, discusses future screening challenges, research insights, and the need to expand screening eligibility.
Collaborative Care for Mental Health: A Scalable, Team-Based Model for Primary Care
April 11th 2025
ACP 2025: Discover how the collaborative care model supports mental health in primary care through team-based care, symptom tracking, and psychiatric consultation—boosting outcomes and reducing burden on clinicians.
Tirzepatide Improves Heart Failure Symptoms and Renal Function in People with Obesity, CKD
April 11th 2025
ACC 2025. Tirzepatide improved HF symptoms and renal function in patients with obesity-related HFpEF, regardless of CKD status, according to new findings from the SUMMIT trial.
Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS: Effective CRC Prevention Programs Require Multispecialty Commitment
April 11th 2025
ACP 2025. A focused CRC prevention program begins with primary care where support and advocacy for regular screening begins, Issaka stressed.
Failure to Follow-Up After Colorectal Cancer Screening Translates into Preventable Deaths: Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS
April 10th 2025
ACP 2025: Issaka, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, told internists that three-quarters of CRC deaths can be attributed to 3 types of screening failure.
RSV Vaccine Uptake Low Among Eligible Populations, Large-Scale Analysis Finds
April 9th 2025
AAAAI 2025: RSV vaccine and immunoprophylaxis uptake remained low in 2024 across infants, pregnant individuals, and older adults.
Closing the Gap in Lung Cancer Screening: Overcoming Barriers, Improving Early Detection
April 9th 2025
ACP 2025: Kim Sandler, MD, outlines key strategies to boost lung cancer screening uptake in primary care.
Primary Care Primer for Headache Management, with Morris Levin, MD
April 9th 2025
ACP 2025. The director of the UCSF Headache Center built an evidence-based framework for diagnosing and treating headache disorders seen in primary care.