Search results for "Health Care Reform"
Unresolved health care reform issues mask real progress
ACP's outgoing president reflects on the past year with confidence that within the turbulent environment of primary care lies great opportunity.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/presidents.htm
1 Apr 2009
Don't give up on patient self-management
Time-pressed physicians are adopting a team approach as they grapple with how to help their patients improve their health. Referred to as “patient self-management,” the sometimes time-consuming process can be handled directly or through trained coaches.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/02/self-management.htm
1 Feb 2013
Now begin the nuts and bolts of health care reform
The American College of Physicians begins an educational campaign to introduce health care reform to its members.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2010
Haggling over health care reform is like a children's game
Health care reform has made progress with internists already seeing bonus reimbursement in their offices. But the Affordable Care Act is about to run smack into the Supreme Court, and what happens there could result in any range of outcomes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2012
Global health course featuring ACP leadership and policy in Italy this summer
ACP members are invited to participate in the European Genetics Foundation's summer course in Comparative Health: The Reforms of the Health Care Systems in a Globalized World, co-directed by ACP's associate executive vice president John Tooker, MACP, MBA.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/07/12.htm
7 Jun 2011
Democrats' health plans not much help to undecided voters
Senators Clinton's and Obama's split over mandating coverage distinguishes them from one another, but does that difference matter?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/06/seventeen.htm
1 Jun 2008
IOM report calls for overhaul of nation's health care system
A new report published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is calling for an overhaul of America's health care system. The report, “Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America (2012),” provides evidence that the nation's system is too costly to sustain and suffers from inefficiencies, an overwhelming amount of data, and quality barriers that hinder progress in improving health.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/23/7.htm
23 Jul 2013
Cholesterol management becomes more complicated
This issue covers topics such as cholesterol management, wearable health care technology, and post-traumatic stress disorder after a life-threatening illness.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/11/editors.htm
1 Nov 2015
Peer support lowered A1cs in male veterans
Sibutramine pulled from the marketBisphosphonates to carry warning about femur fractures
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/19/6.htm
19 Oct 2010
Changing health care from the ground up
Health care reform will play out in doctors' offices, not in Washington, D.C. Patients and physicians will determine how costs change in the upcoming years.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/07/washington.htm
1 Jul 2010