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Disclosing errors the right way

It's important to choose your words carefully when disclosing medical errors to patients, said Wendy Levinson, MD, FACP, a professor in the department of medicine at the University of Toronto Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, in a session titled “Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients: Considering Where, When and How.”

Make quality metrics work for you

Quality metrics are key to achieving fame and fortune as a hospitalist, attendees learned from Win Whitcomb, MD, a hospitalist and chief medical officer for Remedy Partners, a health care services company in New York City that administers bundled payments.

A tour of oncology horrors

In what he called a “whirlwind tour of the horrors of medical oncology,” Christian T. Cable, MD, FACP, outlined the perils that may befall cancer patients, and what to do about them, in a session titled “Oncologic Emergencies.”

Consider country, culture when caring for Latino patients

Cultural competence can be defined as patients and doctors coming together to talk about their concerns without cultural barriers, Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH, told attendees at a panel on “Special Issues in Providing Care to Hispanic and Latino Patients.”

ACP launches care coordination toolkit to improve communication between primary care, subspecialists

ACP has unveiled a High Value Care Coordination Toolkit designed to enable more effective and patient-centered communication between primary care and subspecialist doctors.

ACP offers recommendations for reducing gun-related injuries and deaths in the U.S.

A new ACP policy paper offers 9 strategies to address the societal, health care, and regulatory barriers to reducing firearms-related violence, injuries and deaths in the United States. “Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States” appeared online April 10 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Internists release policy paper on medical liability crisis

ACP released a policy paper on the medical liability crisis, which continues to have a profound effect on the medical system. “Medical Liability Reform—Innovative Solutions for a New Health Care System” provides an update of the medical liability landscape as well as state-based activity on medical liability reform and summarizes traditional and newer reform proposals and their ability to affect system efficiency and encourage patient safety.