Search results for "Social determinants of health"
Making primary care more equitable
The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) annual conference focused on creating a more equitable health care delivery system by increasing support, strengthening systems, and fixing disparities.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/making-primary-care-more-equitable.htm
1 Feb 2021
Getting dialysis for undocumented patients
Undocumented immigrants in the U.S. with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) number in the thousands, and new programs and policies are allowing them to tap into dialysis before their condition warrants emergency treatment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/getting-dialysis-for-undocumented-patients.htm
1 Feb 2021
Treating the lingering effects of COVID-19
An expert offered tips on helping patients who catch the novel coronavirus and then can't shake the symptoms.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/treating-the-lingering-effects-of-covid-19.htm
1 Jan 2021
Understanding heart failure in African Americans
African Americans have a higher incidence of heart disease at a younger age, and they meet fewer criteria for ideal cardiovascular health, such as nonsmoking, physical activity, and lower body mass index.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/11/understanding-heart-failure-in-african-americans.htm
1 Nov 2019
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/02/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Feb 2020
A new vision for health care
ACP's vision for health care entails a series of policy papers and editorials outlining improvements to the U.S. health care system.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/07/a-new-vision-for-health-care.htm
1 Jul 2020
Correcting medicine's use of race in clinical algorithms
Recent efforts have pushed institutions to reconsider the use of race not just in estimating kidney function, but in a variety of algorithms and scores.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/05/correcting-medicines-use-of-race-in-clinical-algorithms.htm
1 May 2021
Better health care starts with primary care
Putting primary and comprehensive care at the front and center of the U.S. health care system would reduce costs while improving outcomes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/02/better-health-care-starts-with-primary-care.htm
1 Feb 2021
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
Post-COVID-19 clinic director offers tips on lingering symptoms
The first step to treating patients with postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) is simple, one expert said: Believe them.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/post-covid-19-clinic-director-offers-tips-on-lingering-symptoms.htm
1 Jun 2022