Search results for "Consultations"
Mylotarg withdrawn from market
The next issue of ACP Internist is online and coming to your mailbox
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/29/10.htm
29 Jun 2010
MKSAP: Vision loss in one eye
A 68-year-old woman is evaluated in the emergency department for difficulty seeing out of her left eye. The symptoms were first present upon awakening 45 minutes earlier. What is the most likely diagnosis?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/07/mksap.htm
1 Jul 2010
AMA survey shows impact of consult code elimination
2009-2010 Report of the Executive Vice President available onlineACP releases joint statement with ACC and AHA on heart failureCollege-supported organization launches internal medicine program in Bhutan
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/27/6.htm
27 Jul 2010
Insurance company's anti-antacid project had little effect
Low-risk, low-PSA prostate cancer receiving aggressive interventions
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/03/5.htm
3 Aug 2010
Health care reform, PCMHs forge a new path for primary care
A new focus by health care reform advocates on the patient-centered medical home will forge a path toward financing and delivering primary care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/washington.htm
1 Oct 2010
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond about medical marijuana, mindful medicine, pharmaceutical reps, and more.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/01/letters.htm
1 Jan 2011
PCPs, hospitalists work at communication
Closer relationships between primary care physicians and hospitalists and resulting improvements in patient care are achievable with relatively little effort.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/01/communication.htm
1 Jan 2011
How many are too many for CT scans?
As many as one-third of the 70 million imaging tests ordered during the year may not be needed. Experts attempt to determine whether repeated radiation scanning doses could prove potentially yet unintentionally harmful.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/CT.htm
1 Feb 2011
AHA issues statement on cerebral venous thrombosis diagnosis, management
MKSAP Quiz: drug-resistant hypertension
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/2.htm
15 Feb 2011
Simple tools, teamwork manage depression in primary care
Embedding mental health professionals directly into a primary care setting threatens to add complexity to primary care's already hefty ‘to do” list. Clinics that have accomplished that task explain how not only was it easier than expected, but it adds tremendous benefits to the practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/03/depression.htm
1 Mar 2011