Search results for "Perspectives"
Medicare could stay solvent if stakeholders act soon
Congress faces unpopular options as they consider how to stay solvent through this decade and the next.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2010
Remote monitoring: Out of sight, right in line
Remote monitoring programs help physicians and nurses ensure continuity of care for elderly patients with chronic conditions. The goal is to catch problems early and improve self-management. Another goal: provide physician reimbursement.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/telemedicine.htm
1 Mar 2010
Successful strategies found for refusing antidepressant requests
Rosiglitazone, CVD link worrisome but inconclusive, cardiologists say
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/02/3.htm
2 Mar 2010
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
With EHRs or paper, outpatient practices can improve safety
The idea is evolving that improving transitions of care from hospital to outpatient settings reduces readmissions. From medication lists to tracking labs to missed referrals that delay diagnosis, an expert in the field considers it all.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/safety.htm
1 May 2010
Getting to quality and safety by ‘degrees'
Programs in quality and patient safety initiatives have come to the fore as graduate-level degrees, adding prestige to a new body of knowledge that has emerged in the past decade.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/quality.htm
1 May 2010
‘Reform’ hasn't always equaled improvement of health care
ACP's incoming president lays out his agenda for the upcoming year and how the patient-centered medical home improves the enjoyment found in practicing primary care internal medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/presidents.htm
1 May 2010
Health reform could improve the lives of patients, internists
Health reform legislation represents a historic shift in the federal government's role in health care, but debate continues whether it will be good for America and for internal medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/washington.htm
1 May 2010
Pearls aid treatment of opioid dependence
Agonist treatments over “cold-turkey,” foiling abuse of oral medications and “the eyes have it” for inpatient diagnoses. Pearls lay out the best ways to manage opioid-dependent patients in many settings.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/opioid.htm
1 Jun 2010
Letters to the Editor
Readers consider Mindful Medicine's cautionary tale about The Blindmen and the Elephant, in which subspecialists each consider a diagnosis within their own field instead of seeing the entire diagnostic picture.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/letters.htm
1 Jun 2010