Search results for "Patient education"
Cut costs without cutting corners to keep the office efficient
Today's health care environment demands that physicians wring every last drop of efficiency from their practices. Here's five easy ways to accomplish that.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/MGMA.htm
1 Feb 2011
ACP supports National Obesity Care Week
The campaign launched its Take 5 Challenge to inspire action and encourage productive conversations around comprehensive obesity care in ways that will support patients and change practice.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/01/5.htm
1 Nov 2016
ACP offers new Patient FACTS for Zika, antibiotic resistance, insomnia
New fact sheets aim to facilitate communication by providing information about common health conditions and offering questions patients may want to ask their health care professionals.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/23/6.htm
23 Aug 2016
Home BP monitoring works, but not as well alone
Home blood pressure monitoring needs to be combined with other interventions and the data collected must be used to engage the patient in some way to have the greatest effect.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/11/home-bp-monitoring-works-but-not-as-well-alone.htm
1 Nov 2020
Lung cancer screening requires intensive effort, incidental findings and inappropriate use common
In a clinical demonstration project at eight academic Veterans Health Administration hospitals, researchers looked at percentages of patients who agreed to undergo lung cancer screening, had positive findings on low-dose CT scans, were diagnosed with lung cancer, or had incidental findings.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/07/5.htm
7 Feb 2017
New atrial fibrillation patient resources available
A patient-centered booklet and a 4-part video series on self-management are free for physicians and patients to download online.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/17/5.htm
17 May 2016
New safety notice issued for alosetron hydrochloride (Lotronex)
Clinicians are advised to evaluate patients with signs of ischemic colitis (e.g., rectal bleeding, bloody diarrhea, new or worsening abdominal pain), discontinue the drug immediately if signs of ischemic colitis occur, and counsel patients to discontinue the drug immediately if they develop constipation or symptoms of ischemic colitis.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/14/6.htm
14 Jun 2016
ACP joins campaign to improve type 2 diabetes care
ACP and other leading health care organizations will join forces in transforming diabetes care by raising awareness of type 2 diabetes, sharing resources and materials, amplifying reach of campaign activities, engaging patients and clinicians, conducting events, and much more.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/12/5.htm
12 Apr 2016
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
Carve out cancer patients from opioid restriction programs, ASCO says
The society does not support prescription limits that would artificially impede access to medically necessary treatment for patients with cancer, but does support existing exemptions to prescribing limits for cancer patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/07/2.htm
7 Jun 2016