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Cancer patients want information, but not in a way that makes them lose hope. Effective shared decision making and risk communication strategies can help.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/09/communication.htm
1 Sep 2013
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/07/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Jul 2021
Home sweet medical home
Patient-centered medical homes work because they incorporate best practices, pay internists for coordinating care, and ensure accountability in achieving healthy outcomes. Results from early adopters are showing positive results.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/09/washington.htm
1 Sep 2014
Customer service can make or break a practice
Patients who receive friendly, competent information are more likely to trust their clinicians, and customer service begins with the management and the physicians setting an expectation for professional behavior among all staff and clinicians.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/customer-service-can-make-or-break-a-practice.htm
1 Nov 2017
Maintaining men's health in middle age
Adrenopause, somatopause, andropause... manopause? They all give internists pause when considering men's health as they reach middle age. As men try to maintain optimum health, doctors need to define what exactly that is.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/04/mens-health.htm
1 Apr 2014
Change fee for service to another method that reflects quality
Fee-for-service payments need to align incentives with value of services rendered.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2010
An international meeting highlights domestic health care
ACP's international membership has much to offer the domestic roster, and vice versa.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/11/presidents.htm
1 Nov 2010
Strength in numbers: building influence through coalitions
The American College of Physicians joins with government, quality groups and other medical societies to increase the volume of internal medicine's voice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/02/presidents.htm
1 Feb 2009
Medical professionalism faces new challenges, opportunities
Ten years later, a physician charter challenges doctors to accept commitments to professional competence, improved quality and access to care, and professionalism in conduct.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/01/presidents.htm
1 Jan 2012
How today's health care teams can play to win
Chronic, complex diseases require a team approach. The size of these teams is growing, as is the types of people involved in them. Internists must be key players to provide high-value, cost-conscious care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/07/presidents.htm
1 Jul 2011