Search results for "Patient Communication"
Patients find medical home in Pennsylvania
A group of physicians in southeastern Pennsylvania are among the lucky and proactive few practicing in some of the first payer-supported patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) in the country.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/04/pilot.htm
1 Apr 2009
A physician who e-mails patients—and likes it
A physician relates how online communication with patients has streamlined his health care delivery and even provided a trickle of revenue.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/mgma.htm
1 Jan 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
Overcoming colonoscopy's image problem
Colon cancer screening saves lives, but internists have to overcome patients' initial unease with the test. They also need to sort through the multiple guidelines released in 2008 and help their patients choose among the many screening regimens.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/01/colon.htm
1 Jan 2009
About 30% of the U.S. population misusesalcohol, according to ...
Alcohol continued from page 1. See Alcohol, page 15. PATIENT COMMUNICATION.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/01/acpi-201301-alcohol_t1.pdf
3 Jan 2013