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In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CHEST showed support for access to in-home noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure related to COPD.
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A recent CHEST Physician® article from the CHEST Tobacco/Vaping Work Group discusses changes enacted by CMS that will change the way pulmonologists and medical centers can help treat people with tobacco use disorder.
CHEST is now accepting topic ideas for CHEST 2025 in Chicago. Submit topic ideas from areas you're passionate about, topics affecting your practice, or new technologies you'd like to learn more about. Applications close December 4, at 2 pm CT.
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A CHEST Physician® article from the Pediatric Chest Medicine Section highlights the benefit of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in pediatric pulmonary disease management to analyze patient data on environmental and physiological variables and compliance with therapy. "Asthma specialists can potentially use this knowledge to intervene in real time or more frequent intervals than the current episodic care."
An update from the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Section highlights key takeaways from the seventh world symposium on pulmonary hypertension (PH), including a new staging model for group 2 PH, reinforcing a treatment algorithm based on risk stratification, and more.
If you’re as passionate about pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine as we are, you’re probably bursting with ideas on how we can advance those fields. Maybe you want to create a new practice tool or a different educational approach, or perhaps you want to create a patient resource. Let us know what you’re thinking, and we’ll see if we can get it off the ground together.
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Learn essential elements of point-of-care ultrasonography with an emphasis on image acquisition and interpretation, December 5 to 6.
Prepare for the National Board of Echocardiography Examination of Special Competence in Critical Care Echocardiography (CCEeXAM), December 2, 4, 10, and 12.
Submit topic ideas that you want to see on the educational program in Chicago.
When you become an FCCP (Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians), you play an active role in advancing the field of chest medicine while enjoying the prestige of being associated with a distinctive group of chest medicine professionals.
“I have found being an FCCP to be rewarding on a personal level, as well as a professional level. It has provided me with connections to colleagues nationally and internationally, and it has opened the door to leadership opportunities.”
– Thomas Van der Kloot, MD, FCCP
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