Led by key physician leaders, the MSMS Foundation’s 150th Annual Scientific Meeting provided a scientific platform for more than 1000 attendees to exchange cutting-edge information on clinical advances from local and national experts. The ASM included addresses on payment reform, dermatology, cardiology, diabetes, Opioid prescribing, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and much more.
Participants interacted through oral presentations, panel discussions and posters on topics ranging from Auscultation to Cancer. The 150th ASM gathered medical students, residents, and physicians – employed, private practice and in academia. Following are some comments overheard at the 150th ASM:
Trends and Results of Payment Reform:
"To remain at 3.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2035, Medicare needs to grow at a rate of 1.5 percentage points below GDP. Faster GDP growth would imply slightly lower Medicare shares for any amount of excess spending growth." -- Michael E. Chernew, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, and Director of the Healthcare Markets and Regulation (HMR) Lab, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Management of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Differential Diagnosis including Learning Disorders and Sleep Disorders, EEG-based Diagnostic Tools and Pharmacology:
"The prevalence of children diagnosed with ADHD by age 12-17 is now 12.2%. Number of children on medicine for ADHD has increased from 600,000 in 1990 to 3.5 million now. Many medicines (some off-label) can be used to treat attention deficit. Robust treatment response can usually be attained with a 50-60% decrease in ADHD-RS. Topographic mapping of evoked potentials during tasks of selective attention is useful to predict which medicine will work best for a give patient." -- R Bart Sangal, MD, Director, Sleep & Attention Disorders Institute, Sterling Hts, MI, Professor, Oakland Univ Wm Beaumont School of Medicine
Plenary Session: HUH? How to Understand Health Literacy and Improve Patient Care:
"Over 70 adults in our country with limited health literacy cannot fully benefit from medical care and the health care system." -- Nickell M. Dixon, DrPh, MPH, Health Equity Initiative Coordinator, Health Disparities Reduction/Minority Health Section, Health Planning and Organization Support, Policy and Planning Administration, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services,
Detroit
Women's Health Update: Focus on Cancer Screenings:
"Based principally on the results of the PLCO study, in 2012, the USPSTF recommended against screening for ovarian cancer (D recommendation), concluding that there was adequate evidence that annual screening with TVS and CA 125 does not reduce ovarian cancer mortality and that, likewise, there was adequate evidence that screening for ovarian cancer can lead to important harms, mainly surgical interventions, in women without ovarian cancer." -- Thomas E. Buekers, MD, Director, Gynecologic Oncology Program, Henry Ford Health System
Ophthalmology Pearls for the Primary Care Physician: An Overview from the Experts:
"For individuals at any age with symptoms of or at risk for eye disease, such as those with a family history of eye disease, diabetes or high blood pressure, the Academy recommends that individuals see their ophthalmologist to determine how frequently their eyes should be examined." -- Frank Hwang, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit
An Update on Sinusitis and Otitis:
When to refer to ENT: failure of initial medical therapy, recurrent ARS and want a middle meatus culture for directed therapy, any orbital symptoms/complications, if you think there are polyps, immunocompromised with symptoms, CT with extensive disease and bone erosion." -- Robert Standring, MD, Otolaryngologist, Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Southfield
Exhibitor testimonials:
"Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Business of Medicine Physician MBA is proud to sponsor a portion of the 2015 MSMS Annual Scientific Meeting. It was a great opportunity for us to support the educational goals of the Michigan physicians, especially since we have several Michigan physicians currently enrolled in our program. The daily events were well organized and the staff was incredibly helpful and professional. The attendees were very engaged with the exhibitors and it was our pleasure to be a participant. Look forward to the MSMS 2016 program invite!" – Kristi Dobson, Program Coordinator Business of Medicine MBA Program at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
"The engagement of the attendees that visited my booth was filled with excitement. Many shared with me that they learned a lot that they didn’t know before." – Wendy Cooper, Executive Specialty Sales Professional, Sanofi