Search results for "Patient Communication"
Promoting diversity in medicine
An expert addressed medicine's limited diversity as the “health care crisis of our times” and offered potential solutions at Internal Medicine Meeting 2022.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/07/promoting-diversity-in-medicine.htm
1 Jul 2022
Supporting grieving patients after a loss
There are ways to talk to patients after the death of a loved one, recognize tips for diagnosing and managing prolonged grief disorder, and access grief counselors for referral.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/01/supporting-grieving-patients-after-a-loss.htm
1 Jan 2023
Encouraging change with motivational interviewing
Physicians can adopt these interviewing techniques to help patients accomplish goals like smoking cessation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/10/encouraging-change-with-motivational-interviewing.htm
1 Oct 2022
ACP Internist is now online and coming to your mailbox
The March issue of ACP Internist addresses the latest in internal medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/06/10.htm
6 Mar 2012
Hear, hear for preventing cognitive decline
Because of the association between hearing loss and reduced cognition or dementia, physicians should intervene to treat this common condition of aging.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/04/hear-hear-for-preventing-cognitive-decline.htm
1 Apr 2023
Email improved care for diabetics
URAC seeks comments on new Patient Centered Health Care Home toolkits
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/13/6.htm
13 Jul 2010
Easing screens for intimate partner violence
Internists can be leaders in addressing intimate partner violence, a problem for which effective screening tools and interventions are available.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/easing-screens-for-intimate-partner-violence.htm
1 Oct 2020
Mixing alcohol with opioids, benzodiazepines sending users to emergency departments
Nearly one-fifth of opioid abuse-related ED visits and more than one-fourth of benzodiazepine abuse-related ED visits involved alcohol, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/21/1.htm
21 Oct 2014
Narrative medicine seeks the story behind the illness
Narrative medicine puts the humanities and the arts in the service of health care not just to cure patients, but to make sure they are not all alone in their illness.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/narrative-medicine-seeks-the-story-behind-the-illness.htm
1 Oct 2020
Mobile apps no ‘magic pill’ for maintaining health
Health maintenance and lifestyle apps could reach a new generation of patients, but there are challenges that could limit their overall success.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/10/apps.htm
1 Oct 2015