Featured Articles - September 2010
Lifelong Care
History is key after childhood disease
A generation ago, most children with severe disabilities died before reaching adulthood. Now, more than 90% survive. From cancer or congenital heart disease to cystic fibrosis and Down syndrome, pediatric survivors need internists who can coordinate chronic care.
Medicine and Social Media
Should doctors worry about online ratings?
Consumers have free rein to anonymously post negative comments online about their physicians. Some are fighting back, while others learn how to turn potentially negative postings into a positive promotional tool for their practices.
Rural Medicine
Targeting rural health scholars keeps doctors in Kansas
Small-town practice has appeal to physicians who were born and raised in such communities. The Scholars in Rural Health program seeks to expose medical students to underserved areas, nurture a desire to practice primary care and offer incentives such as loan forgiveness.
International Medicine
Cuba is just across the water, but medically, a different world
ACP Member Paul Drain explored Cuba’s medical system and finds primary care broken down much differently than in the U.S., with more access resulting in less of a need for inpatient care. But the politics of re-establishing relations with the country are no less tenuous today than they’ve previously been.
Success Story
Rhode Island practice adopts patient-centered medical home
A multi-specialty private practice takes on the challenges and expenses of converting to a patient-centered medical home model. Time is the biggest challenge as the conversion to an electronic medical record consumes one physician’s attention.
FDA Update
Leflunomide gets boxed warning, ARBs under review
Recalls, warnings, approvals and other regulatory news.
ACP Internist Weekly
From the August 31, 2010 edition
- Pioglitazone poses same risk as rosiglitazone in insurer’s study
- Statin beneficial to intermediate-risk patients, says new JUPITER analysis
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