Search results for "Quality of care"
For substance abuse, chronic care management no better than usual care
Persons with substance abuse problems who received chronic care management, including relapse prevention counseling and medical, addiction and psychiatric treatment, were no more abstinent than those who received usual primary care, a study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/24/2.htm
24 Sep 2013
E-prescribing order hits unprepared internists
Congressional mandates to tip internists to use e-prescribing could backfire, say experts who have tried—and sometimes failed—to incorporate the technology into their offices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/erx.htm
1 Sep 2008
Expenditures may be higher in hospital-owned versus physician-owned organizations
Organizations owned by hospitals or multihospital systems had higher expenditures over a 3-year period than organizations owned by physicians, according to a new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/28/1.htm
28 Oct 2014
Nurses tapped for more training, bigger role in health care
Nurses tapped for more training, bigger role in health careUpdated consensus statement issued for hypertension management in blacks
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/12/1.htm
12 Oct 2010
Teach-back
Reflection on the past year as ACP president has taught lessons on advocacy and the scope of medicine, among other lessons.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/teach-back.htm
1 Apr 2018
Dig deeper when assessing pain in the elderly
This issue includes stories on assessing and managing pain in the elderly, the pros and cons of ACOs, and details on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/07/editors.htm
1 Jul 2013
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
Simple conversations help strike staffing balance
A gradual shift toward value-based health care is putting a greater premium on the extra staff members who may be needed to achieve it, and there are simple ways for practices to make the staffing choices that are right for their practice and the real world.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/04/simple-conversations-help-strike-staffing-balance.htm
1 Apr 2019
Reducing overuse and misuse in medical care
Proceedings of the 2017 American College of Physicians International Forum
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/04/reducing-care-overuse-misuse-focus-of-2017-international-forum.htm
1 Apr 2018
Courage, sacrifice, and internal medicine—a year in review
ACP's president reflects on his year of tenure and shares his convocation speech from Internal Medicine Meeting 2017.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/04/presidents.htm
1 Apr 2017