Search results for "Care transitions"
Medicine and management: hits from Hospital Medicine
An expert discusses managing aortic dissection as a disease for life. Also, highlights from Hospital Medicine 2009 discuss caring for the pregnant patient, documenting care for the best reimbursement and ways to improve handoffs from shift to shift.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/shm.htm
1 Jul 2009
Moving toward patient-centered care
Practice not currently considering the patient-centered medical home model can still position themselves for an eventual transition if and when the idea comes of age.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/tips.htm
1 Feb 2010
Many stent patients delay taking clopidogrel with adverse results
ABIM offers module on caring for the medically underservedUpcoming survey on injection practices
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/04/7.htm
4 May 2010
Study details comprehensive models to decrease care fragmentation in older adults
Grassroots initiative helps promote primary care
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/09/5.htm
9 Nov 2010
ACP receives grant from ABIM Foundation to improve care transitions
ACP has been awarded a grant of $60,000 from the ABIM Foundation to support efforts in developing tools for primary care practices to improve care transitions for patients moving from the hospital to the home.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/08/12.htm
8 Mar 2011
The March issue is now online
The March issue of ACP Hospitalist is now online, with stories about substance abuse in physicians, a novel transitions-of-care program, and cardiac monitoring.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/20/12.htm
20 Mar 2012
Teaching diabetes self-management ‘basic survival skills'
Diabetes self-management education is cost-efficient and can improve A1c levels “far greater” than the effect required to approve a new drug for the disease. Smartphones, health coaches and educators are part of the new paradigm to help patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/09/diabetes.htm
1 Sep 2012
FACP named 2012 MacArthur Fellow
Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, FACP, has been named a MacArthur Fellow for 2012.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/16/13.htm
16 Oct 2012
Readmission causes, timing and reductions analyzed
Readmissions of recently hospitalized patients were the focus of several studies published last week in the Jan. 23/30 Journal of the American Medical Association.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/29/5.htm
29 Jan 2013
ACP supports the “Care About Your Care” initiative
ACP has joined with many other organizations to help improve care transitions and reduce avoidable readmissions.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/05/8.htm
5 Feb 2013