Search results for "Patient Care"
ACP bridges perspectives within internal medicine
ACP can serve as a virtual agora where the different professional branches can draw from their common root of internal medicine, and bridge differences by providing a space where members can talk through and think through different perspectives while remaining connected to patient care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/05/acp-bridges-perspectives-within-internal-medicine.htm
1 May 2018
Internal medicine: Validating our identity and value
ACP is launching a new campaign to educate about the depth and diversity of internal medicine and highlight the value that all internal medicine physicians bring to health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/09/internal-medicine-validating-our-identity-and-value.htm
1 Sep 2022
Infusion sets, heparin recalled
This column reviews details on recent recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/infusion-sets-heparin-recalled.htm
1 Oct 2020
3 Cs: Corporatization, consolidation, commodification
Current trends in health care emphasize the importance of our continued advocacy efforts for our patients and our profession.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/3-cs-corporatization-consolidation-commodification.htm
1 Mar 2022
Tackling administrative burdens one step at a time
ACP seeks to reduce and eliminate sources of administrative and regulatory burden and has developed significant policy recommendations to address the impact of these tasks.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/10/tackling-administrative-burdens-one-step-at-a-time.htm
1 Oct 2022
ACP's plan to overcome obstacles to good health care
ACP's vision for U.S. health care addresses insurance costs, excessive prices, and more support for primary care as a way of improving the system.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/03/acps-plan-to-overcome-obstacles-to-good-health-care.htm
1 Mar 2020
Reassurance on ACE inhibitors, ARBs and COVID-19; new rules, advice from CMS and CDC
Also, ACP launched a new interactive CME program to help practices start and sustain telemedicine programs, and an ACP webinar on March 30 will offer advice from the front lines for maintaining physician well-being during the pandemic.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/24/1.htm
24 Mar 2020
Must telemedicine disrupt the patient-doctor relationship?
Telemedicine will be highly disruptive to patients and physicians. Like other technological advances, such disruption can be a good thing, leading to improvements in patient care. It can also be disruptive in a bad way if it undermines that patient-physician relationship.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/01/washington.htm
1 Jan 2016
Hospitalists no more prone to burnout than outpatient doctors, analysis finds
The common belief that hospitalists are more likely to experience burnout than outpatient physicians doesn't appear to be true, a new meta-analysis suggests.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/05/4.htm
5 Nov 2013
Groups release appropriate use criteria for amyloid PET
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and the Alzheimer's Association recently released appropriate use criteria for amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) in clinical practice.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/05/2.htm
5 Feb 2013