Search results for "Practice of medicine"
Reclaiming the medical record
Philip Masters, MD, FACP, continues his monthly column at KevinMD in a post about how EHRs have changed the nature of the medical record and why writing about patients has always been a key clinical skill.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/21/6.htm
21 Aug 2018
New knowledge on human microbiome impacts practice
As researchers discover more and more associations between the human microbiome and various states of health and disease, physicians grow closer to the aim of precision health and providing customized care to patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/07/new-knowledge-on-human-microbiome-impacts-practice.htm
1 Jul 2018
Remembering medicine's past, and discussion of deprescribing
Philip Masters, MD, FACP, continues his monthly column at KevinMD.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/19/6.htm
19 Jun 2018
ACP bridges perspectives within internal medicine
ACP can serve as a virtual agora where the different professional branches can draw from their common root of internal medicine, and bridge differences by providing a space where members can talk through and think through different perspectives while remaining connected to patient care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/05/acp-bridges-perspectives-within-internal-medicine.htm
1 May 2018
Doctors with borders
What parameters determine ACP's responsibility to speak out on what is right and wrong, set guidelines, offer guidance, and articulate policy on behalf of internal medicine?
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/03/doctors-with-borders.htm
1 Mar 2018
ACP advocacy contributes to CMS changes in E/M documentation for medical students
Verifying student documentation in a patient's medical record allows teaching physicians to provide a meaningful educational experience within a much more streamlined workflow, eliminating an unnecessary administrative burden.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/13/5.htm
13 Feb 2018
Bringing medicine back to the bedside
The physical exam itself is widely considered to be underutilized, but many of the country's medical educators and master clinicians are determined to bring it back to prominence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/bringing-medicine-back-to-the-bedside.htm
1 Feb 2018
Government service offers Fellow a chance to help millions
Mandy Krauthamer Cohen, MD, MPH, FACP, North Carolina's new secretary of its Department of Health and Human Services, sees government service as a way to help a wide constituency—patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/government-service-offers-fellow-a-chance-to-help-millions.htm
1 Nov 2017
ACP, Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine produce case-based resource to improve diagnosis
Cases were designed to encourage thinking around diagnostic decision-making, identify problems that may occur in the diagnostic process, and demonstrate how diagnostic errors may affect both patients and the daily practice of medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/17/5.htm
17 Oct 2017
Courage, sacrifice, and internal medicine—a year in review
ACP's president reflects on his year of tenure and shares his convocation speech from Internal Medicine Meeting 2017.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/presidents.htm
1 Apr 2017