Search results for "Disease Management"
Little evidence on screening for CKD, USPSTF says
The current evidence is insufficient to determine whether asymptomatic patients should be screened for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/28/4.htm
28 Aug 2012
Diagnosing a disorder with few symptoms
Hypercalcemia can have absent, few or nondifferential symptoms, but the condition can indicate the presence of major diseases such as breast cancer. Experts review how to quickly apply a high index of suspicion to make a diagnosis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/hypercalcemia.htm
1 Mar 2012
Most Medicare demos fail to reduce costs, analysis indicates
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed recent Medicare demonstration projects and concluded that most have not reduced costs, but those that did had certain specific characteristics.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/31/2.htm
31 Jan 2012
Patients and priorities in prostate cancer care
Prostate cancer requires men to work through a multitude of treatment options, and if the patient ends up settling on active surveillance, then the internist's role is even more important moving forward.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/11/patients-and-priorities-in-prostate-cancer-care.htm
1 Nov 2017
Readmission causes, timing and reductions analyzed
Readmissions of recently hospitalized patients were the focus of several studies published last week in the Jan. 23/30 Journal of the American Medical Association.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/29/5.htm
29 Jan 2013
Practice uses ACP survey for peer review, quality improvement
True North Health Center in Maine surveyed every patient who came through their doors from March through May last year to let each if its 28 practitioners know outcomes for each provider. Proprietary surveys are expensive, so they turned to ACP's tools. The results helped those performing best to teach their peers about best practices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/success.htm
1 Feb 2010
Visits can be more productive when patients set the agenda
First in a three-part series: Motivational interviewing is one technique for engaging patients and developing strategies that work.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/twelve.htm
1 Mar 2008
Internists interacting with retail clinics
Primary care physicians are seeing more patients after they've already been to a retail health clinic. Experts say that a more patient-centered model needs to evolve to combat the ease of seeking care outside the doctor's office.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/02/retail-clinics.htm
1 Feb 2016
Elusive Sjogren's manageable—if diagnosed
Lack of awareness compounds a condition that is exceedingly difficult to diagnose. Experts offer signs and symptoms for ruling it out or diagnosing it more quickly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/03/sjogrens.htm
1 Mar 2009
Consider GERD in patients with pulmonary diseases
Because not all presentations of lung diseases include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)'s more commonly recognized symptoms, such as heartburn and regurgitation, it is easy to miss GERD as a contributing factor. Internists should be on the lookout for “red flags” such as dysphagia or weight loss.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/03/GERD.htm
1 Mar 2014