Search results for "Patient-centered care"
The family dinner : ACP Internist
The family dinner may itself be an endangered species in this modern era of fast food, electronic distractions, and isolated eating on-the-f...
An individual effort to smooth transitions | ACP Internist
A multicomponent intervention to smooth hospital discharges back into primary care involved a personal visit to every hospitalized patient.
Obesity, be dammed! : ACP Internist
That's dam"m"ed, not dam"n"ed. A CDC report from the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention reveals that drowning causes more deaths a...
All the wrong questions : ACP Internist
Should marijuana be legal, for either medical or recreational use? I think the best initial answer to this is: It's a crummy question! We ar...
What about cheese? : ACP Internist
Blessed, so Monty Python tells us , are the cheese makers. They go on to clarify that this particular Messianic assertion in the ” Life of B...
Muddled mammography : ACP Internist
To whatever extent the oft-troubled waters of breast cancer screening had cleared since the last salient controversy , they have been stirr...
The ethics of end-of-life care erupt in the ICU | ACP Internist
A Harvard expert moderates a new column on ethical case studies and suggests some practical strategies for handling and preventing conflicts. Case study: The ethics of end-of-life care erupt in the ICU.
Medical schools respond to the opioid epidemic | ACP Internist
Until very recently, medical schools offered little or no training in addiction medicine.
How today's health care teams can play to win | ACP Internist
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.
Change fee for service to another method that reflects quality | ACP Internist
Fee-for-service payments need to align incentives with value of services rendered.