Pediatrics Hospital Medicine Internal Medicine Med-Peds
A University of Colorado Department of Medicine team of physicians cross-trained in internal medicine and pediatrics is helping to bridge the care gap between the children’s and adult hospitals on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. And that team has just expanded its offerings in a way that’s rare nationwide.
Patient Care Clinical Internal Medicine Clinical Excellence Society
An incredibly talented physician, a role model, a source of guidance and comfort, and the best of the best. These are the words patients and colleagues have used to describe Ronald Colson, MD — one of 21 University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty members inducted into the department’s Clinical Excellence Society, a program that began this year to recognize clinicians who serve as champions for their patients.
Patient Care Philanthropy Clinical Internal Medicine Endowed Chair Patient Experience
Annie Moore, MD, MBA, is passionate about the clinical care experience of patients – and now she is the inaugural holder of a new endowed chair devoted to improving that experience.
Research Patient Care Community Training Internal Medicine
Amid intense competition and tough questions from a panel of “sharks,” a team of medical residents at the University of Colorado Department of Medicine emerged victorious on Wednesday during this year’s 8th Annual Department of Medicine Shark Tank Competition.
Community Faculty Awards Internal Medicine
In recognition of her exceptional work in advancing health equity, the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) bestowed its 2024 Herbert W. Nickens Award to Rita Lee, MD, a University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty member, at a May 17 meeting in Boston.
Public Health smoking Internal Medicine
Evidence is mounting that electronic cigarettes can be useful as a tool in helping people to quit smoking under the right circumstances. But a University of Colorado Department of Medicinefaculty member says there are still questions to be answered about potential harm from e-cigarettes.
Research Education Mental Health Career Development Internal Medicine
For years, leaders of the University of Colorado Internal Medicine Residency Program in the Department of Medicine have been brainstorming ways to improve how they train the next generation of doctors.
Research Internal Medicine Bioethics
In the original “Jurassic Park” movie, after the process of bringing dinosaurs back to life is explained to a team of consultants, one of them voices a warning: “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty members will be asking the “should” question years before there’s an answer to “could.”
Infectious disease Internal Medicine
A University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty member has been appointed to a national science committee advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on infectious-disease issues.
Patient Care Medical Oncology Internal Medicine Primary Care
It’s common for doctors to develop close connections with longtime patients – connections built on trust, caring, and common humanity. It’s not common for a patient to invite his doctors to his birthday party. And it’s even less common when it’s the patient’s 100th birthday party.
Medscape
July 18, 2024
Experts debating the pressing issue of how to prioritize patients in the increasingly common scenario of loss of access or insurance coverage for anti-obesity glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist drugs argued that comorbidities and obesity severity should strongly warrant continued coverage — while offering key strategies for getting and retaining approval from payers.
McKnights Long Term Care News
July 17, 2024
Nursing home residents could greatly benefit from expanded access to palliative care, but providers need more access to standardized tools, staff education and relationships with clinicians to make informed decisions about care, specialists say.
Medscape
July 16, 2024
“One of the things we worried about was that the pandemic would make [burnout findings] look worse,” said lead author Dan Heppe, a hospitalist and associate director of the CU Internal Medicine Residency Program. “Anecdotally, residents may have had more support in our program than perhaps some other programs. Though they had long hours with very sick patients, we tried to keep going in a positive direction.”
The New York Times
July 15, 2024
Pregnant women are bombarded with advertisements — on social media, in childbirth classes, even in their doctors’ offices — urging them to bank the blood in their baby’s umbilical cord and gain “peace of mind.”
Mark Harden
