Search results for "Disease Management"
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).
April 2020
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.
April 2020
Lupus presentation may be an ‘imitator’
on whether there is a need for any changes in disease management.”. ... Bryant. Milder cases of lupus may offer internists an opportunity to take the lead in disease management, said Deana Lazaro, MD, chief of the rheumatology section at the VA New
November 2014
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
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
Managing medication adherence
Propeller Health takes a similar sensor-plus-app approach to chronic respiratory disease management. ... that they think use of such devices for chronic disease management is worth the price," Dr.
March 2017
Diagnosing a disorder with few symptoms
In-hospital management of this type of hypercalcemia includes replacement of fluids and bisphosphonates. ... NIH conference. Diagnosis and management of asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism: consensus development conference statement.
March 2012
Visits can be more productive when patients set the agenda
University of California-San Diego psychologist whose work focuses on patient self-management in diabetes. ... Mead suggested. Patients who've become more engaged in their own illness management tend to adhere more to treatment and prepare more for the
March 2008
Miserable symptoms mark chronic sinusitis
A significant number of patients with chronic sinusitis can have aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease. ... The diagnosis and management of sinusitis: a practice parameter update. J Allergy Clin Immunol.
January 2011