Search results for "Reimbursement"
Home BP monitoring works, but not as well alone
Home blood pressure monitoring needs to be combined with other interventions and the data collected must be used to engage the patient in some way to have the greatest effect.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/11/home-bp-monitoring-works-but-not-as-well-alone.htm
1 Nov 2020
Guideline released on adults with Down syndrome, while study looks at COVID-19 risk
A recent clinical guideline calls for screening patients with Down syndrome for Alzheimer-type dementia starting at age 40 years and diabetes starting at age 30 years. Down syndrome is also associated with high risk for death from COVID-19, a new study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/27/2.htm
27 Oct 2020
Lessons learned from telemedicine
Although many internists may have felt inexperienced with telemedicine before the pandemic, they could well have been doing it all along.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/lessons-learned-from-telemedicine.htm
1 Oct 2020
Know your home oxygen options
Physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists may be unfamiliar with home oxygen equipment that differs from hospital equipment. Six questions can help clinicians choose the best options for a patient.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/know-your-home-oxygen-options.htm
1 Oct 2020
How ‘seeing’ a patient has changed
Virtual visits reduce travel time to appointments, saves out-of-pocket costs, offers better access to remote patients, and even allows physicians to see more patients while enjoying more flexible schedules.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/how-seeing-a-patient-has-changed.htm
1 Oct 2020
HHS provides weekly online learning opportunity in telemedicine
The peer-to-peer learning community aims to accelerate telemedicine implementation by ambulatory clinicians.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/04/2.htm
4 Aug 2020
COVID-19 upends every aspect of visits
Several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, it's still uncertain to what degree it will reshape the practice of medicine and office management in the near and long terms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/covid-19-upends-every-aspect-of-visits.htm
1 Jul 2020
Drive-in visits can fill the cracks of telemedicine's reach
Practices in rural areas are tackling the logistics of providing telemedicine to patients who are unable to access it on their own.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/drive-in-visits-can-fill-the-cracks-of-telemedicines-reach.htm
1 Jul 2020
Don't put clinician burnout on the back burner
Patient- and non-patient-related administrative tasks can create burnout at any point during a clinician's career.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/dont-put-clinician-burnout-on-the-back-burner.htm
1 Jul 2020
Raising vaccine rates requires some selling
Physicians and others in their practice can boost their odds of vaccination success by the way they frame conversations with patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/06/raising-vaccine-rates-requires-some-selling.htm
1 Jun 2020