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ACMT CONNECTION E-News: January 2018
ACMT Quality Measures Approved by CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that they have approved six quality measures developed by ACMT. These are the first-ever medical toxicology quality measures approved by CMS, and are now among hundreds of measures that physicians can report to CMS.
CMS also certified ACMT’s Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) Registry as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR).
ACMT Conference Announcements
2018 Board Review Course and ACMT’s Total Tox Course
In addition to ACMT’s Board Review Course in September, we have added a new 3-day ‘Total Tox Course’ for emergency providers at the same venue. Be sure to share the Total Tox Course webpage with your colleagues!
Both the BRC and Total Tox Course will take place Sep. 5-7, 2018 at Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront. Agendas for both courses are available online.
Have you registered? The 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting and Satellite Session 'Toxic Threats, Chemical Security and Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals' is in Washington DC April 5-8.
The 2018 ASM hotel, Marriott Georgetown, is booking up fast. Room availability is limited, so make your reservation today! Click here to book your room.
50% Increase in Abstract Submissions for the 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting!
The Research Committee and ASM Planning Committee are pleased to announce that 225 abstracts were submitted for April's ASM.
ToxIC Abstracts at the 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting
Several abstracts by ToxIC Investigators will be presented on topics including:
- Fentanyl exposures
- Sex differences in poisonings among older adults
- Synthetic cannabinoid exposure
- Sodium Bicarbonate therapy
25th Anniversary Memories
ACMT is celebrating 25 years in 2018! In addition to special recognition at ASM, founding members will share interesting tidbits from the past and observations of how things have changed in medical toxicology since 1993.
Speakers Needed for National Grand Rounds Webinar Series
Know of an interesting speaker? Recommend them for our National Grand Rounds webinar series! This series features experts from within or outside our specialty on issues that impact the research and practice of medical toxicology. Click here to submit a name, contact email, and a potential topic and we'll take it from there!
Women In Tox: Get involved in this new section!
- Virtual book club to discuss “Women Don’t Ask” by Linda Babcock.
- The WIT biannual meeting will be Saturday April 7, 2018 at ASM featuring guest speaker Luanne Thorndyke, MD.
ACMT's Most Active Tweetchat
Our most active Tweetchat to date took place on Jan. 30. 112 participants posted 280 comments and questions on the topic of ACMT’s recent position statement 'The Role of Clinical Pharmacists in the Emergency Department.'
In Memoriam
ACMT member Louis R. Cantilena Jr., MD, PhD, FACMT, of Potomac, MD, was killed in a small plane crash in December. Cantilena was a professor of medicine and pharmacology at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda and saw patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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