Search results for "Health Care Reform"
Four things that would improve the Affordable Care Act
After reflection on the first year of health care reform, and the conclusion of the first enrollment period, 4 aspects could make the program work even better.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/05/washington.htm
1 May 2014
Will U.S. physicians swim or sink in changing health care waters?
Health care reform, pricing transparency and the movement away from fee-for-service payments mean the times are changing for American medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/09/washington.htm
1 Sep 2013
What is the state of American health care in this election year?
ACP's annual report on the state of health care cites proposed budget cuts as the biggest threat to recent advances made by health care reform. And more advances could be affected by the outcome of the presidential elections.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2012
Political perils of cost control complicate health care reform
Even if health reform passes, the problem of rising costs will not go away. And politicians cannot confront the fundamental issue that Americans can't have all the health care they want.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/washington.htm
1 Jan 2010
Officer and Regent election results announced
The election of Officers and Regents has been completed. Terms become effective at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting at Internal Medicine 2012 in New Orleans.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/regents.htm
1 Mar 2012
Know the patient to achieve statin benefits
That statins work is without question. And with costs falling due to many drugs in the class going generic, physicians are now refining when to prescribe the ubiquitous drug class based on the degree of risk.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/11/statin.htm
1 Nov 2010
New tool makes it easy to add crucial family history to EHRs
Electronic medical records are slowly pushing out the family history, eliminating valuable diagnostic information. But a free tool offers an easy way to restore important details to a clinician's files.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/05/genomics.htm
1 May 2009
Doctors have an online presence, even if they don't know it yet
Patients are using physician rating websites to find their doctors and find out more about them. ACP Member Kevin Pho, MD, of KevinMD.com, explains why doctors need a plan in place to make sure that accurate and positive information makes its way to the top of a search engine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/11/QandA.htm
1 Nov 2013
Rates of preventable hospital admissions appear lower in smaller primary care practices
Rates of preventable hospital admissions appeared to be lower in smaller primary care practices compared with larger ones, according to a recent study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/19/1.htm
19 Aug 2014
PCMH pilot demonstrated minimal quality improvement, no cost savings
A pilot project found that implementation of a medical home practice model improved quality only minimally and did not reduce health care costs or utilization.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/04/1.htm
4 Mar 2014