Search results for "Perspectives"
10 tips for well-being amid COVID-19
The global pandemic has professional and personal consequences for physicians, so experts offer their advice on coping during COVID-19.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/10-tips-for-well-being-amid-covid-19.htm
1 Jul 2020
CBT may offer equivalent value to antidepressants as initial therapy for major depression
In a decision analytic model, second-generation antidepressants had an approximately 70% likelihood of being more cost-effective at one year, while cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) had an approximately 75% likelihood of being superior at five years.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/29/1.htm
29 Oct 2019
A mission in medicine
Philip A. Masters, MD, FACP, continues his monthly column on KevinMD with reflections on why he entered medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/05/6.htm
5 Feb 2019
Better care for patients with disability
Physicians report lacking knowledge about their legal responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and may not be confident about their ability to provide the same quality of care to patients with disability as they do to those without it.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/better-care-for-patients-with-disability.htm
1 Jun 2022
Doctors in training seek ‘bright hope’
The first-ever virtual meeting for the College's Resident/Fellow and Medical Student Members featured a lesson in resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as sessions for overcoming early-career failures and working for racial justice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/07/doctors-in-training-seek-bright-hope.htm
1 Jul 2021
Healing the homeless during COVID-19
Communities are protecting homeless residents from crowded shelter conditions during the pandemic by using Federal Emergency Management Agency funding to provide shelter in hotel and motel rooms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/healing-the-homeless-during-covid-19.htm
1 Sep 2020
Be wary of benzodiazepines' side effects
Alternative strategies are increasingly recommended when managing conditions like insomnia and anxiety in elderly patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/02/be-wary-of-benzodiazepines-side-effects.htm
1 Feb 2022
ACP adapts reproductive health policy
Once the Supreme Court's final decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was released in June 2022, the landscape for reproductive health care in the U.S. immediately began to change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/04/acp-adapts-reproductive-health-policy.htm
1 Apr 2023
Working toward fundamental change
ACP engages in a significant number of efforts on its own and with external organizations to help move the health care system to one that better addresses its vision for better health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/04/working-toward-fundamental-change.htm
1 Apr 2022
Little health benefit, higher costs likely with extended age limit for HPV vaccination
A modeling study examined four scenarios for extended vaccination in women and men up to ages 26, 30, 40, and 45 years.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/10/1.htm
10 Dec 2019