Search results for "Disease Management"
Internists interacting with retail clinics
Mehrotra said. Because of insufficient data, ACP currently recommends against chronic and complex disease management in these clinics and stresses that more research is needed. ... ACP recommends controlled research into the safety, efficacy, and
February 2016
Good things in medicine now include Medicare: shocking!
So at those visits we would fish for any problems to justify it as a disease-management visit or one for acute care. ... Some patients try to get a disease management visit rolled into the preventive visits.
July 2020
Looking for the pony
A PCMH is a practice with enhanced care coordination and disease management, and official designation, which follows a rigorous certification process, is granted by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
July 2020
Chasms and comparisons covered by Carolyn Clancy
Clinic Summit, and Population Health and Disease Management Colloquium this week.
July 2020
QD: News Every Day--Insurance status affects length of stay for some hospitalized patients
Ambulatory care-sensitive conditions were defined as those conditions for which hospitalizations are thought to be avoidable through preventative care and early disease management: seizures; ear, nose and throat infections; chronic ... obstructive
July 2020
Primary care works in cooperative, close-knit North Dakota
Market consolidation drives innovation, the North Dakotans said. The Commonwealth Fund report's authors were particularly impressed by a successful BCBS pilot of chronic disease management and medical homes. ... Under the pilot, primary care physicians
November 2008
One expert's view on the prospects for reform
One expert's view on the prospects for reform. This week I'm attending the co-located National Medical Home Summit, National Retail Clinic Summit, and Population Health and Disease Management
July 2020
QD: News Every Day--Generics far more cost-effective than thought
While highly effective generics provide low-cost options for chronic disease management, they are not always factored into cost analyses, and are sometimes viewed with concerns about their safety and efficacy. ... The Harvard team revisited a 2008 study
July 2020
Practice uses ACP survey for peer review, quality improvement
We found our complementary practitioners were much more successful in helping people sleep than our practitioners who were doing the cutting-edge chronic disease management or the more allopathic care,” said ... Mr. Dahlborg. “On the other hand, the
February 2010
Barrett's esophagus: screening guidelines are in flux over reflux
Barrett's esophagus, which is associated with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease and is sometimes a precursor to cancer. ... Barrett's esophagus, which is associated with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and is sometimes a precursor to
April 2008