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May 2012

5/15/2012	Medical Testing That Can Do More Harm Than Good -Huffington Post
5/14/2012	Revised Recommendations for Vaccines Are Being Phased In, CDC Report Says -Forbes
5/14/2012	The RUC's Empty Gesture -Medscape
5/14/2012	Are Patients With Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus Being Prescribed Metformin? -Medscape
5/11/2012	Providers praise proposed SGR repeal, fee-for-service phase out -Fierce Health Finance
5/11/2012	Persistent Daytime Sleepiness Common Despite Effective CPAP -Family Practice News
5/10/2012	Bill Would Repeal SGR, Phase Out Medicare Fee-for-Service -Medscape
5/10/2012	House Legislation Would Permanently Repeal Sustainable Growth Rate -Becker's Hospital Review
5/10/2012	7 Medical Tests and Treatments You May Not Really Need -AARP News Bulletin
5/8/2012	Deadline for Avoiding 2013 E-Prescribing Penalty Is June 30 -Medscape
5/7/2012	Medical 'home' could give patients more coordinated care -The Day
5/7/2012	How To Ease EHR Frustration -InformationWeek
5/3/2012	Educating Consumers About Patient's Role in PCMH Key to Future of PCPCC, Says New Executive Director -AAFP News
5/2/2012	ACP: If I were health care king -KevinMD

April 2012

4/30/2012	Internists Spell Out Ways to Reform Medicare -Family Practice News
4/27/2012	Americans Support Medicare Reform, But Not on Their Dime: Poll -Philadelphia Inquirer
4/26/2012	Americans Support Medicare Reform, But Not on Their Dime: Poll -MSN Health
4/26/2012	ACP, Consumer Reports Collaborate on Treatment Guidelines for Consumers -Family Practice News
4/25/2012	Prevention a low priority in heart docs' training -Reuters
4/25/2012	Why does my eye twitch? And other questions about the body odd -FOX News
4/25/2012	Prevention a low priority in heart docs' training -Chicago Tribune
4/24/2012	A New Resource For Medical Information -CBS Philly
4/23/2012	Warren Buffett Cancer Treatment Shows Challenges In Health Care Cost-Cutting -Huffington Post
4/23/2012	ACP Warns of Looming Public Health Crisis -MedPage Today
4/23/2012	High Value' Care Goal of New ACP Partnership -MedPage Today
4/23/2012	Smoking Cessation Worth It Despite Dim Outcomes -MedPage Today
4/20/2012	Doctors Group Tells Patients to Go for Cheaper, High-Value Treatments -Wall Street Journal
4/20/2012	Help in Deciding if Medical Tests Are Needed -New York Times
4/20/2012	Doctors Group Tells Patients To Go For Cheaper, High-Value Treatments -NPR
4/16/2012	'Choosing Wisely' list is about good judgment, not curtailing care, medical societies say -American Medical News
4/10/2012	Use caution before starting a daily aspirin regimen -USA Today
4/9/2012	Many Medical Tests and Procedures Aren’t Needed — Doctors’ Groups -Wall Street Journal
4/9/2012	Health Care Spending On Unnecessary Tests Discouraged By Major Medical Groups -Huffington Post
4/6/2012	New guidelines: Don't treat most sinus infections with antibiotics -ModernMedicine
4/5/2012	Doctors groups call for end to unnecessary procedures -Washington Post
4/5/2012	Doctors Urge Their Colleagues To Quit Doing Worthless Tests -NPR
4/5/2012	Physicians Groups Call for Fewer Tests for Patients -TIME
4/4/2012	Medical group takes up the fight against unnecessary tests -Philadelphia Inquirer
4/4/2012	Medical tests and treatments you should question -Associated Press
4/4/2012	New effort by MDs to cut wasteful medical spending -Yahoo! News
4/4/2012	Many Medical Tests and Procedures Aren’t Needed — Doctors’ Groups -Wall Street Journal
4/4/2012	Doctors Urge Their Colleagues To Quit Doing Worthless Tests -NPR
4/4/2012	Doctors groups call for end to unnecessary procedures -Washington Post
4/4/2012	Coalition of medical societies urges questioning treatments -USA Today
4/4/2012	Health Care Spending On Unnecessary Tests Discouraged By Major Medical Groups -Huffington Post
4/4/2012	5 Medical Tests You May Not Need -ABC News
4/4/2012	Physician Groups Call for Fewer Medical Tests -MSN Health
4/4/2012	Medical Societies Release Lists of Overused Tests and Procedures -Forbes
4/4/2012	Physician Groups Call for Fewer Medical Tests -HealthDay via Yahoo! News
4/4/2012	Physician Groups Call for Fewer Medical Tests -US News & World Report
4/4/2012	Unnecessary medicine: Physician groups list 45 overused tests, procedures -Chicago Tribune
4/4/2012	Many common procedures unneeded, say doctors groups -Boston Globe
4/2/2012	Kansas AFP Seeks Out Resources to Help Members Transform Practices -AAFP

March 2012

3/30/2012	Just What the Patient Ordered -Huffington Post
3/26/2012	ACP Guideline on Type 2 Diabetes Recommends Oral Pharmacology as Second-line Therapy -AAFP
3/23/2012	Antibiotics Do No Good for Most Sinus Infections - New Guidelines -Wall Street Journal
3/22/2012	New Rhinosinusitis Guidelines Discourage Antibiotics -Medscape Today
3/22/2012	Colonoscopies proven to reduce cancer deaths -OC Register
3/21/2012	Antibiotics Do No Good for Most Sinus Infections - New Guidelines -Wall Street Journal
3/21/2012	Sinus Infections: 90 To 98% Are Caused By Viruses, Guidelines Say -Huffington Post
3/20/2012	Tight glycemic control not beneficial for premature infants -Clinical Advisor
3/19/2012	Match Day: Interest in Primary Care Holds Steady -Family Practice News
3/19/2012	Colorectal Cancer Screening: Guidelines for Best Practice -Medscape Today
3/16/2012	Adding Seats: The RUC's Sleight Of Hand -Health Affairs Blog
3/14/2012	ACP reminds physicians to assess risk, screen for colorectal cancer -Kevin MD
3/14/2012	Massage proves to have medical benefits -FOX News
3/13/2012	Don't Call It Pampering: Massage Wants to Be Medicine -Wall Street Journal
3/13/2012	Colorectal Cancer For Under 50s On The Rise -Medical News Today
3/7/2012	Internists echo call for colon cancer screening -Baltimore Sun
3/7/2012	New Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines Focus on Individual Risk - Doctor's Lounge
3/7/2012	Colonoscopy research supports life-saving benefits -ABC News 7
3/5/2012	Most older adults need colon cancer screening -MSNBC.com
3/5/2012	Colon cancer screening should start at 50, says American College of Physicians -CBS News
3/5/2012	EHR User Ratings Reveal Familiar Names At Top -Medscape Today
3/2/2012	Interoperability Initiative Adds Structure To Clinical Text -Information Week

3/1/2012	ACP Guidelines Say Metformin Is the Best Starter Drug for Type 2s -Diabetes Health

3/1/2012	Blues Plan Helps Practices Get Up to Speed for PCMHs -Managed Care Magazine

3/1/2012	Some with lung cancer get unhelpful radiation - Reuters

February 2012

2/28/2012	New Patient Guidebook, "Live Healthier - Weight Loss Options for Treating Obesity," Now Offered by the American College of Physicians Foundation -Sacramento Bee

2/23/2012	Health Care Spending Targeted By American College Of Physicians Guidelines -Huffington Post

2/22/2012	We Spend How Much On Unneeded Tests? -Forbes

2/22/2012	Adult vaccination rate still too low - American Medical News

2/21/2012	Seeking Clues to Heart Risk in a Patient's Family Tree -Wall Street Journal

2/21/2012	Doctors Disappointed Again: Only a Short-Term SGR Fix -Family Practice News

2/17/2012	Is that X-ray necessary or 'medical gluttony'? -MSNBC

2/17/2012	"Bad" cholesterol not the whole story in stroke? -Reuters

2/17/2012	Doctors 'Disgruntled' And Frustrated By Looming Medicare Cuts -NPR

2/17/2012	American College Of Physicians Tackles Issue Of Excessive Medical Testing -Huffington Post

2/16/2012	Stemming the tide of overtreatment in U.S. healthcare - Reuters

2/16/2012	Prescription Drug Abuse Crackdown Hits CVS and Drug Wholesaler -Huffington Post

2/16/2012	Hey, Can You Stop at CVS and Pick Up My Suicide Pills? -Philly Magazine

2/15/2012	Antibiotics Not Necessary or Helpful for Acute Sinusitis -Medscape

2/15/2012	The Medicine Cabinet-Ask the Harvard Experts: Do I need to start drug therapy for new onset diabetes? -Chicago Tribune

2/13/2012	Screening by Primary-Care Doctors May Spot Dementia -US News & World Report

2/13/2012	Doctors zero in on benefit gaps allowed under health reform -American Medical News

2/13/2012	What's behind WellPoint's pay raise for primary care doctors? -American Medical News

2/10/2012	American College of Physicians Recommends Metformin to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Based on Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Oral Medications -HealthCanal

2/8/2012	Metformin is ACP's drug of choice for type 2 diabetics -Cardiovascular Business

2/7/2012	Metformin Preferred Drug for Type 2 Diabetes, Experts Say -U.S. News & World Report

2/6/2012	HPV vaccine now recommended for all boys, CDC says -CBS News

2/6/2012	ACP drafts list of 37 commonly misused screenings and tests -American Medical News

2/3/2012	Group pushes health worker flu vaccinations -ModernHealthcare

2/1/2012	What to do about too many medical tests -Philadelphia Inquirer

January 2012

1/30/2012	ACP releases national healthcare report and argues for SGR repeal -Healthcare Finance News

1/27/2012	Physicians Oppose Budget Cuts - National Journal

1/26/2012	Medical tests: Are you getting too many? -CBS Early Show

1/25/2012	AMA urges Congress to repeal SGR -Cardiovascular Business

1/24/2012	Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look -Associated Press

1/23/2012	No, Doctors Don't Hate Obamacare -The New Republic

1/12/2012	SGR Repeal Dilemma Could Make Passage Harder -Medscape Today

1/12/2012	Do No Harm - And Keep An Eye On Costs -Kaiser Health News

1/12/2012	Group Unveils Afib Stroke Risk Reduction Campaign -Medpage Today

1/11/2012	Improved care needed for atrial fibrillation -LA Times

1/11/2012	New Stroke-Prevention Drugs Spur A-Fib Guides -Family Practice News

1/10/2012	Brighter access outlook tied to young adult coverage expansion -American Medical News

1/9/2012	Why doctors shouldn't treat family members -CNN

1/9/2012	Medical specialties to develop list of unnecessary procedures -American Medical News

1/9/2012	Washington Week: Obama Team Mounts ACA Defense -Medpage Today

1/6/2012	New ACP Ethics Manual reflects reimbursement, health IT trends -Cardiovascular Business

1/5/2012	ACP: Making transitions better for patients -Kevin MD

1/5/2012	ACP Issues Revised Ethics Manual -HealthLeaders

1/4/2012	Ethics Manual Examines Emerging Issues In Medical Ethics -Medical News Today

1/3/2012	ACP Makes Close Watch on Costs an Ethical Issue -Medpage Today

1/2/2012	Physicians group adds social media guidelines to ethics manual - Newsworks