Search results for "Health Care Reform"
ACP, others release updated guide to e-prescribing
ACP recently joined other organizations in releasing an updated version of “A Clinician's Guide to Electronic Prescribing,” which assists health care professionals in transitioning from paper to e-prescribing systems.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/10/6.htm
10 May 2011
Health care reform gets mixed reviews one year later
It's been a little over one year since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama. How is it faring?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/05/washington.htm
1 May 2011
ACP offers internists a voice in crafting performance standards
The College has a Performance Measurement Committee to represent its member physicians in national measurement programs and to ensure that nationally endorsed performance measures are based on high-quality evidence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/05/performance.htm
1 May 2011
Reclaiming who we are: Internal medicine's central role
Internists must use their admirable heritage to provide the best care for patients and reclaim internal medicine's central role in delivering health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/05/presidents.htm
1 May 2011
Budget brinkmanship may yet impact health care reform
An election is held. The political party that promised to change the direction of American politics wins a lopsided victory.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2011
Adult immunization rates fall far short of goals
The CDC's Healthy People 2010 campaign aimed to have 60% of high-risk patients under 65 vaccinated against pneumonia and influenza. Actual immunization rates may be half of that. The president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases describes the barriers and the solutions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/04/immunize.htm
1 Apr 2011
U.S. and U.K. doctors differ on reporting conflicts, errors, impaired colleagues
U.S. and U.K. doctors differ on reporting conflicts, errors, impaired colleagues Lower blood pressure targets of unproven value in chronic kidney disease
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/15/1.htm
15 Mar 2011
‘Rationing’ charge prevents real discourse on health care costs
Critics have unfairly attacked health care reform. But proponents haven't been straightforward about its costs. The truth involves how resources get allocated.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/03/washington.htm
1 Mar 2011
Conference coverage: potential benefits, limitations of ACO model discussed
Conference coverage: potential benefits, limitations of ACO model discussedAHA issues statement on cerebral venous thrombosis diagnosis, management
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/1.htm
15 Feb 2011
New year brings big, small changes to practice administration
Three federal regulations create new opportunities and hurdles for physicians, including new reimbursements, Medicare annual wellness visits and a potential uptick in office visits to document over-the-counter drugs for health plans.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/coding.htm
1 Feb 2011