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Advice for physicians requesting air medical transport
When picturing air medical transport, many people think of helicopters, but there are often other options.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/01/air-medical-transport.htm
1 Jan 2017
Ask the question to find sexual dysfunction
This issue also covers making time for cancer screening, improving immunization rates, and health care for immigrants.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/10/ask-the-question-to-find-sexual-dysfunction.htm
1 Oct 2019
IMGs face uncertainty amid politics, rhetoric
Proposed changes to U.S. immigration policy have had a ripple effect on the medical field.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/01/imgs-face-uncertainty-amid-politics-rhetoric.htm
1 Jan 2019
Rural prevention efforts face specific hurdles
This issue covers topics such as programs that improve rural health, effective advance care planning, and new tools such as precision medicine in clinical medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/09/editors.htm
1 Sep 2015
Guidelines on chest pain therapy; antidepressants ranked
Joint criteria offer a practical tool to help physicians choose between therapy and intervention for chest pain, and other news.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/03/news.htm
1 Mar 2009
CMS aims to prevent fraud while protecting ‘the good guys'
Medicare is focusing heavily on preventing fraud, but with an eye toward not burdening legitimate clinicians. Learn three things a practice can do to reduce its chances of being audited.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/06/coding.htm
1 Jun 2012
In Haiti, flawed health care infrastructure complicates rebuilding
Internists help pick up the pieces in Haiti, a country facing a public health crisis following a devastating earthquake.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/05/editors.htm
1 May 2010