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What's new in other College publications
ACP Hospitalist, ACP Press, Annals In the Clinic, MKSAP, and more.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/highlights.htm
1 Sep 2008
E-prescribing order hits unprepared internists
Congressional mandates to tip internists to use e-prescribing could backfire, say experts who have tried—and sometimes failed—to incorporate the technology into their offices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/erx.htm
1 Sep 2008
Mindful Medicine: Don't let emotion impede right diagnosis
A case study shows how affective errors can lead to a missed diagnosis, by Jerome Groopman, FACP and Pamela Hartzband, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/mindful.htm
1 Sep 2008
Update ICD-9 coding materials now to meet October deadline
Every summer, the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics announces changes to the ICD-9-CM and the new codes go into effect Oct. 1.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/coding.htm
1 Sep 2008
Patients, generalists and subspecialists all gain from PCMH
When discussing the PCMH as a model for delivering health care in the U.S. three questions commonly arise.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/president.htm
1 Sep 2008
Two-pronged plan to attack prediabetes
Until recently, internists had very little guidance on how to treat prediabetes and reduce the risk of the full-blown disease. The most recent advice: Treat it early, with simple lifestyle changes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/prediabetes.htm
1 Oct 2008
Patients band together to research conditions, themselves
The next wave of online patient web sites allow patients to compare treatments and results, pulling together data that looks and acts like a research study despite its source.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/patients.htm
1 Oct 2008
Efficient docs make for happier patients
ACP's Center for Practice Improvement and Innovation suggests simple tips for creating a more efficient practice and happier patients, in turn.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/cpii.htm
1 Oct 2008
CMS demo aims to help seniors stay healthy, independent
CMS is partnering with private companies to address multiple health risk factors that contribute to senior's chronic diseases.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/10/cms.htm
1 Oct 2008
Nominees named for ACP Officers and Regent positions
The Nominations Committee of the American College of Physicians places nominations for President-elect, regents, and others.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/11/nominees.htm
1 Nov 2008