Search results for "Geriatrics"
High-value care a focus at Hospital Medicine 2017
Hospital Medicine 2017 featured advice on providing high-value care, from how to talk about the concept with patients to which tests and screens to give and which drugs to stop.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/high-value-care-a-focus-at-hospital-medicine-2017.htm
1 Jul 2017
Resist the urge to overtreat bacteriuria
Antibiotics could be avoided more frequently even in patients who have significant bacteriuria if a physician takes the time to convey potential antibiotic risks.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/07/resist-the-urge-to-overtreat-bacteriuria.htm
1 Jul 2019
Age only one consideration in post-MI drug therapy
To determine the best therapy for elderly patients after a heart attack, physicians should get to know their goals for their lives.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/09/age-only-one-consideration-in-post-mi-drug-therapy.htm
1 Sep 2020
Managing HIV with testing, prevention
Antiretroviral therapy has made an impact in treating HIV, but preexposure prophylaxis has created a huge opportunity in preventing infection, with internists poised to play a role.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/03/managing-hiv-with-testing-prevention.htm
1 Mar 2020
Action, advocacy, partnering for falls
Partnering with patients can make a big difference in preventing falls, which can result in lingering disability.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/03/action-advocacy-partnering-for-falls.htm
1 Mar 2018
Genes, environment hold the keys to healthy aging
Living into one's centenarian years involves a little bit of genetic luck, and a lot of healthy lifestyle choices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/agingQA.htm
1 May 2017
The front office bottleneck: schedules, phones and refills
Third in a six-part series on small practice issues: ACP's Center for Practice Innovation found that about half of the practices it observed as part of its quality improvement project had problems with phone communication, scheduling and the prescription refill process. The good news is that the bottleneck can be loosened with some relatively simple changes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/03/one.htm
1 Mar 2008
Most sinusitis prescriptions exceed recommended duration, study finds
More than 20% of prescriptions were for a five-day course of azithromycin, a course that the Infectious Diseases Society of America explicitly recommends against because of its known association with the development of drug resistance.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/03/1.htm
3 Apr 2018
Squeezing in the cancer screening talk
By making the most of team members and technology, internists can free up valuable physician-patient interaction time to most effectively apply cancer screening guidelines.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/squeezing-in-the-cancer-screening-talk.htm
1 Oct 2019
Letters to the Editor
Amy E. Foxx-Orenstein, FACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/05/seven.htm
1 May 2008