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What are the two biggest challenges facing allergists in 2022?
Read the full articlehanging fruit: allergic rhinitis. Valid IgE allergy blood tests can be done in the home and mailed to the lab, with allergen immunotherapy sent back to the patient in sublingual drop or tablet form. You may be saying, “What about other conditions like asthma? Don…
From the Desk of the EMD: We waited 12 years for this?
Read the full articleThis December, a draft of the Expert Panel Report 4 (EPR 4) from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program… as allergists know is an important modality for that condition. For reasons I don’t understand, they recommended against the use of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) tablets.…
Pearls from Twitter
Read the full articleDuring the College's Annual Scientific Meeting, Twitter was flooded with the latest allergy info from our sessions. Allergists who were… Priya Bansal, MD (@Allergygal1) November 18, 2018 Multiple allergen sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) seems to be safe but some potential loss of efficacy with more than 2…
New toolkit helps patients understand immunotherapy choices
Read the full articleWhen discussing immunotherapy options with patients, the College’s new Shared Decision-Making Toolkit will help guide the conversation. The web-based tool… options. “As your patient moves through the interactive tool, they’ll find information on the risks and benefits of both subcutaneous and sublingual tablet immunotherapy –…
Sharing the decision – putting patients first
Read the full articleAs Bela Schick said, “First the patient, second the patient, third the patient, fourth the patient, fifth the patient, and… by ALK. As a patient moves through the interactive tool, they find information on the risks and benefits of both subcutaneous and sublingual tablet immunotherapy.…
Immunotherapy Coding Essentials
in Coding | Resource Type: Webinar/CourseRead the full articleIn this webinar, our coding experts do a deep dive into the coding for various types of immunotherapy. Topics include… In this webinar, our coding experts do a deep dive into the coding for various types of immunotherapy. Topics include coding for sublingual, subcutaneous and venom…
NIH updates asthma guidelines
Read the full articlesubcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) as an adjunct treatment to standard pharmacotherapy in individuals ages 5 years and older with mild to moderate allergic asthma whose asthma is under control at the initiation, build-up, and maintenance phases of immunotherapy Conditional recommendation against use of sublingual immunothera…
COVID-19’s impact on allergists’ clinical services and protocols
Read the full articleBackground How has COVID-19 affected allergy/immunology clinical service volumes and protocols? We’ll review this data and provide a summary of… provide biologics. 12 3.2% Postponed all biologics. 7 1.9% Other feedback According to the survey results, there was little or no change in the use…
Board of Regents and Executive Committee Decisions
Read the full articleFollowing are key actions taken by the Board of Regents at the Oct. 26 meeting and by the Executive Committee… Following are key actions taken by the Board of Regents at the Oct. 26 meeting and by the Executive Committee during its Dec. 18 teleconference.…
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