SAN FRANCISCO — At the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, offered a presentation on challenges in prescribing.
Healio spoke with Paauw, the Rathmann Family Foundation Endowed Chair for Patient-Centered Clinical Education and a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, about what primary care physicians should know for 2026, including drug shortages, safety concerns and more.
Healio: Why did you decide to present on this topic?
Paauw: For at least the last 20 or 25 years, I’ve done a topic on drug interactions and side effects to try to