09/08/2026 - Medical Grand Rounds: Prescribing Wisely-Exploring Ways to Optimize Medication Decisions in the Hospital and the Transition Home

Please join us for our first Medicine Grand Rounds of the academic year, featuring Dr. Tim Anderson from the Division of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Anderson will be discussing gaps in evidence and care, as well as paths forward to optimize prescribing for patients hospitalized for chronic conditions.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Improve detection of gaps in chronic disease prescribing among hospitalized patients
  • Implement recommended guidelines when long-term medications for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and alcohol use disorder
  • Reduce the overtreatment of asymptomatic elevated blood pressure in hospitalized patients.

 

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/08/2026
Course expires: 
09/08/2029

Timothy Anderson, MD, MAS — Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Clinician-Researcher Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh's Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed

Disclosures:

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation Statement

Jointly Accredited Provider Mark

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh designates enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABIM MOC II
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Attendance
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